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From: Rachael Zubal
Date: Tue, Feb 19 2002 6:57AM
Subject: Re: download JAWS
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Thank you, Michael, for touching on a very important part of Internet access for people with disabilities: MONEY!

Many people who want to go "on-line" simply don't have the money to buy a computer let alone the software. There are older computers that some people donate, but what good are they when they don't have the capacity to run the software.

It's like a house of cards, teetering on the verge of collapse.

Rachael

>>> Michael Goddard < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > 02/19/02 09:56AM >>>
This demo says that it will work for the 40 after the first use. Does this
mean that all you get is 40 minutes total of testing time or 40 minute
blocks each time you use the software?

I would think that the company would provide some type of free reader for
web developers so that we can create accessible pages which in turns helps
promote their software.

$895...! Doh..Dude, you should have got a Dell!

This begs the question of exactly how in the world does the government and
other agencies expect us to take accessibility serious when it is clear that
the average user cannot even afford the necessary software to help make the
web accessible! This is ridiculous if you ask me. Just like my hearing
aid. It costs over $2000 for an aid for me and there are only a few
not-for-profit organizations out there that even help with the cost. Never
mind that I have decent health insurance which WILL NOT help cover the cost
of a medial condition that I have.

Sometimes being a minority (disabled) person, I cannot help to feel that
there are many people out there in the world who seems to be taking
advantage of my disability to make more money!

Michael
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From: Peter Van Dijck < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
To: WebAIM forum < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 6:56 AM
Subject: Re: download JAWS

> I found it myself at
> http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/jaws_form.asp
> Peter
>
>
> > Is there still a free version of jaws for download available? If so,
where
> > can I find it? (I need it today for testing....)
> > I s

From: Peter Van Dijck
Date: Tue, Feb 19 2002 7:48AM
Subject: colors and cultures
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Why is it that the Microsoft international
http://www.microsoft.com/southafrica/ uses a green color scheme, whereas ALL
the other international sites use the standard microsoft blue scheme? It
baffles me, especially because http://www.msn.co.za/ uses blue?
Peter
http://liga1.com weblog about accessibility and localization
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From: Peter Van Dijck
Date: Tue, Feb 19 2002 7:54AM
Subject: skip links
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I've been experimenting with different skip links. The page in question has
the classic top level tabbed navigation, then a second level underneath the
tabs, and then left hand nav. (Can't show it for disclosure reasons).

I added a skip to content link first thing on the page, which then jumps to
the left hand navigation, where a second skip to content link is, which
jumps to real navigation. I also added quite wordy explanations of the scope
of the search field and other things, a lot more wordy than what visual
users see.

Within the content, we sometimes have a list of letters of the alphabet to
show a list of things that start with that letter, so I added a skip link
there as well.

I do not have REAL users of screen readers to test this with, so I'd like to
know:
1. Are wordy explanations of things like search scope helpful?
2. Are multiple skip nav links helpful, or used on other sites?
Thanks for any links, tips, ...

Peter
http://liga1.com
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From: Peter Van Dijck
Date: Tue, Feb 19 2002 7:54AM
Subject: skip links experiments
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From: Peter Van Dijck
Date: Tue, Feb 19 2002 7:57AM
Subject: Re: skip links experiments
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Apologies for the double posting....
Peter
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