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From: Ruth Stillman
Date: Wed, Sep 04 2002 7:29AM
Subject: RE: Preferred OS for screen readers
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Thanks! Is there any difference in support between Windows 98 and 2000
or NT?
Ruth
>Ruth-
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>With a few exceptions, like outSPoken, screen readers work much better
with
>Windows. In my experience, that is....
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>-Kate House
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>Kate House
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> My company is looking to purchase JAWS so that we can do more extensive
> testing of sites that we create. Does the operating system make any
> difference
> when it comes to screen readers?
>
> Thanks!
> Ruth Stillman
> Senior User Experience Designer
> Molecular, Inc.
> http://www.molecular.com
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From: Jeff Rhodes
Date: Wed, Sep 04 2002 7:30AM
Subject: RE: Preferred OS for screen readers
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I don't think there is any functional difference, but you will pay more
for the Win2k version over the Win98 version.
On 4 Sep 2002 at 10:19, Ruth Stillman wrote:
> Thanks! Is there any difference in support between Windows 98 and 2000
> or NT?
>
> Ruth
>
>
> >Ruth-
> >
> >With a few exceptions, like outSPoken, screen readers work much better
> with
> >Windows. In my experience, that is....
> >
> >-Kate House
> >
> >
> >Kate House
> >Online Services & Multimedia Development
> >Prentice Hall
> >p: 781.433.8406
> >f: 781.455.1718
> >
> >
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> > From: Ruth Stillman
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> > Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2002 10:07 AM
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> > Subject: Preferred OS for screen readers
> >
> > My company is looking to purchase JAWS so that we can do more extensive
> > testing of sites that we create. Does the operating system make any
> > difference
> > when it comes to screen readers?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Ruth Stillman
> > Senior User Experience Designer
> > Molecular, Inc.
> > http://www.molecular.com
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From: Lubow Scott
Date: Wed, Sep 04 2002 7:33AM
Subject: Re: Preferred OS for screen readers
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Hi Ruth,
The professional versions of Windows Eyes and Jaws both support all Window
OS's. The standard version of Windows Eyes supports Windows 95, 98, ME and
the standard Jaws 95/98/Me & XP Home.
Scott
Ruth Stillman wrote:
> Thanks! Is there any difference in support between Windows 98 and 2000
> or NT?
>
> Ruth
>
> >Ruth-
> >
> >With a few exceptions, like outSPoken, screen readers work much better
> with
> >Windows. In my experience, that is....
> >
> >-Kate House
> >
> >
> >Kate House
> >Online Services & Multimedia Development
> >Prentice Hall
> >p: 781.433.8406
> >f: 781.455.1718
> >
> >
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> > From: Ruth Stillman
> > Reply To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2002 10:07 AM
> > To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> > Subject: Preferred OS for screen readers
> >
> > My company is looking to purchase JAWS so that we can do more extensive
> > testing of sites that we create. Does the operating system make any
> > difference
> > when it comes to screen readers?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Ruth Stillman
> > Senior User Experience Designer
> > Molecular, Inc.
> > http://www.molecular.com
> >
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From: Carol Foster
Date: Wed, Sep 04 2002 10:08AM
Subject: Re: Preferred OS for screen readers
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Hi Ruth,
I believe that on NT (not 2000 or XP), you cannot hear JAWS and another audio
application at the same time (or any 2 audio applications), if that is a
concern. I did use JAWS for testing on NT for quite a while and only
discovered that glitch just before I switched over to 2000. 2000 seems to be
fine for 2 audio apps. I've had some other problems with the sound going
away for all apps on 2000, but I think that is some system config problem
that I need to get checked out.
And just for the record, it has really been helpful for me and my group for
me to have learned what I could about JAWS, even though I was quite skeptical
at first. I think it would be even better if we had people who used JAWS all
the time to test our sites. Unfortunately we have not had resources to find
or pay people to do that.
You may also want to look into ConnectOutloud. It is a cut-down and less
expensive version of JAWS that works with fewer applications, but includes
the Web. We have this on a laptop to use for demos. I've used it for a few
things, and it seems just like JAWS as far as I could tell.
Best wishes,
Carol
Ruth Stillman wrote:
> Thanks! Is there any difference in support between Windows 98 and 2000
> or NT?
>
> Ruth
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