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From: Greg Gamble
Date: Thu, Dec 13 2012 9:02AM
Subject: Text-Readers for development
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Hello,
Can anyone recommend a free screen reader for UI development work. I'm doing my best for creating an accessible site, but it's a guess if what I'm doing is working like I think it is.

Thanks for any help,
Greg Gamble

From: Corbett, James
Date: Thu, Dec 13 2012 9:07AM
Subject: Re: Text-Readers for development
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Hi:

I believe that JAWS still offers a demo version that will run in forty minute mode. It's not exactly free but good enough if you are not running it full time.

Jim

From: Paul J. Adam
Date: Thu, Dec 13 2012 9:08AM
Subject: Re: Text-Readers for development
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NVDA if you're on Windows or VoiceOver if you're on a Mac or iOS. Be sure to read the help guide and keyboard commands for each.

Have fun! :)

Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
Deque Systems
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On Dec 13, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Greg Gamble < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> Hello,
> Can anyone recommend a free screen reader for UI development work. I'm doing my best for creating an accessible site, but it's a guess if what I'm doing is working like I think it is.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Greg Gamble
>
>
> > >

From: Monique Brunel
Date: Thu, Dec 13 2012 9:13AM
Subject: Re: Text-Readers for development
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Le 13/12/2012 17:02, Greg Gamble a écrit :
> Hello,
> Can anyone recommend a free screen reader for UI development work. I'm doing my best for creating an accessible site, but it's a guess if what I'm doing is working like I think it is.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Greg Gamble

Hi,

NVDA, of course!
And an article on WebAIM for help you: Using NVDA to Evaluate Web
Accessibility http://webaim.org/articles/nvda/

Best regards,
Monique

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From: James Nurthen
Date: Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:46AM
Subject: Re: Text-Readers for development
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Note that the JAWS license specifically disallows using the evaluation
version for development work.
"For example, these demonstration or evaluation licenses are not permitted
for purposes of development and testing of JAWS scripts, applications, HTML
coding, or other Web Based code."



On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Corbett, James < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> wrote:

> Hi:
>
> I believe that JAWS still offers a demo version that will run in forty
> minute mode. It's not exactly free but good enough if you are not running
> it full time.
>
> Jim
>
>

From: Iaffaldano, Michelangelo
Date: Thu, Dec 13 2012 12:34PM
Subject: Re: Text-Readers for development
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While testing with NVDA and Fangs (a Firefox extension that writes a text simulation of a default JAWS output) is very handy, keep in mind that your experience will be completely different from that of a real user of assistive technology. I encourage you to involve real people with disabilities in your testing as much as possible. Shawn Henry wrote a book exactly about that: http://uiaccess.com/accessucd/
Michelangelo

From: Weissenberger, Todd M
Date: Thu, Dec 13 2012 12:55PM
Subject: Re: Text-Readers for development
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I second NVDA. It's a great tool for people who don't use AT all the time. nvda-project.org is the website for a free download.

Todd


T.M. Weissenberger
Web Accessibility Coordinator
University of Iowa
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From: Greg Gamble
Date: Mon, Dec 17 2012 9:28AM
Subject: Re: Text-Readers for development
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... thanks for the help. NVDA it is.

Greg Gamble
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