- From: Aaron Smith <aaron@gwmicro.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:18:13 -0500
- To: "Alexander, Dan" <Dan.Alexander@mdx.com>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Dan, In order for your testing to be complete, you will want to take into account all screen readers available who claim support for web accessibility, regardless of the resources that may consume. Otherwise, you will not be providing a fair and accurate representation of the available market to your clients. In addition to that, software vendors are always updating their products, enhancing and updating where necessary. Take Window-Eyes for example. The latest version, Widow-Eyes 4.211, does not support many of the UA guidelines, whereas Window-Eyes 4.5 (coming soon) will support the majority of the UA guidelines (check out the Window-Eyes 4.5 link at www.gwmicro.com/csun2003 for a detailed list). As you can hopefully see, limiting your testing to one application will probably end up creating more work for you, if you want to be fair and accurate. Aaron At 04:13 PM 4/15/2003, Alexander, Dan wrote: >I've noticed a lot of differences between screen readers in the way they >read the content. This makes for a particularly troublesome problem in >testing because, not only are we testing for browser compatability but also >screen reader compatability. I was wondering if there has been any market >research done as to which screen reader is the most commonly used? Which is >the best to test on? > >I would appreciate any help you can provide. > >Dan Alexander -- To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the GW Micro Technical Support Team. Aaron Smith GW Micro Phone: 260/489-3671 Fax: 260/489-2608 WWW: http://www.gwmicro.com FTP: ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com Technical Support & Web Development
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