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From: Barry Hill
Date: Fri, Nov 15 2019 9:44AM
Subject: How many versions to test on
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Hi all
I have just listened to a panel on screen reader accessibility. One of the
guys was asked how many versions back should a website owner test with. The
answer as far as Jaws was concerned was that only 2020 should be used to
test with. My understanding of old is that we test with the last three
versions at least. So, what is the concensus?
Thanks in anticipation.
Cheers
Barry
From: Lucy GRECO
Date: Fri, Nov 15 2019 10:41AM
Subject: Re: How many versions to test on
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sadly that was vary bad advice but we all tend to do just that.
many many screen reader users can not afford to update there technology
i try and think about 2 versions back is a best practus. however knowing
that you can check with who is your screen reader tester and see if they
know of any thing on your app that might need extra care.
now saying all that for jaws is one thing but you don't need to do the
same in NVDA if you test with the most recent vertion of NVDA you should
indicate in your accessibility statement letting the user know what vertion
it was tested with. the difference is that NVDA is free and asking a user
to update does not put a financial berdin on the user like telling some one
they need to have an updated vertion of jaws.
Lucia Greco
Web Accessibility Evangelist
IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
University of California, Berkeley
(510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
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On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 8:44 AM Barry Hill < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Hi all
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> I have just listened to a panel on screen reader accessibility. One of the
> guys was asked how many versions back should a website owner test with.
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> answer as far as Jaws was concerned was that only 2020 should be used to
> test with. My understanding of old is that we test with the last three
> versions at least. So, what is the concensus?
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> Thanks in anticipation.
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> Cheers
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> Barry
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From: glen walker
Date: Fri, Nov 15 2019 10:48AM
Subject: Re: How many versions to test on
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That's often a budget question too. When we test for a customer, we make
recommendations to test with the latest version of the screen readers.
That's easy for NVDA and Voiceover because there's not a cost (although you
should donate to NVDA when possible <smile>). With JAWS, depending on your
license, there might be a cost to have the latest version. If the customer
is willing to pay for us to test multiple versions, we'll do it, but they
often just one one version each of NVDA, Voiceover, and JAWS.
From: Lisa Snider
Date: Fri, Nov 15 2019 5:00PM
Subject: Re: How many versions to test on
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In some places I have worked, people were using JAWS from 5-7 versions back. Some places people don't get funding to help buy it, so they tend to hang on to older versions. However, with NVDA I find it is the opposite, it is free, so people I know tend to upgrade to the newest version.
In my experience, it is like cars... some people can buy a new one every year, and others hold on for years, while still others take the bus!
Cheers
Lisa
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> On Nov 15, 2019, at 12:44 PM, Barry Hill < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
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> Hi all
>
>
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> I have just listened to a panel on screen reader accessibility. One of the
> guys was asked how many versions back should a website owner test with. The
> answer as far as Jaws was concerned was that only 2020 should be used to
> test with. My understanding of old is that we test with the last three
> versions at least. So, what is the concensus?
>
>
>
> Thanks in anticipation.
>
>
>
> Cheers
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> Barry
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