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From: Daisy
Date: Mar 23, 2006 3:00PM

Kynn, I should have said that browsercam also offers remote access on a
variety of platforms (not just screenshots of pages taken in various
browsers); I had the image of being able to remotely access a platform with
a screenreader enabled but I appreciate your point that there is a learning
curve to the use of a screenreading software, something I'd not considered
before.



On 3/23/06, Kynn Bartlett < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> On 3/23/06, Daisy < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> > I don't know the mechanics behind it but would it be possible to provide
> > a screenreader service in a similar model to browsercam?
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> Well, the problem is that screenreaders are interactive, so you can't just
> dump a screenshot or the like. Screenreaders are a way of navigating through
> the content, and in fact that's where a lot of the problems result.
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> The solution also isn't "just test with a screenreader" because most
> developers won't spend the time necessary to learn to how to use a
> screenreader, and are thus unable to use them to evaluate web sites. Too
> many false positives and false negatives will result.
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> (By "spend the time necessary" I mean at least 2 weeks straight of using a
> screenreader, with monitor turned off, as your only means of accessing a
> computer.)
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> Screenreader demos are good for raising awareness -- most web developers
> have never "heard" a web page before -- but they're not good for testing
> purposes. Web developers should be aware of how and why screenreaders work,
> but they don't actually need screenreader output, which would be worthless
> to most of them.
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> --Kynn
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