- From: Lakespur Roca <lake@netscape.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:29:52 -0800
Hello every one, A colleague of mine is looking for information on screen readers and client server systems. Is there any one out there willing to help? His Email is larry.fix@prudential.com. Lake Larry Fix wrote: > Lake, > > Please feel free to forward my note to the mail list you mentioned. I > thank you for taking the time to respond and offering to send this on to > the mail list. > > Larry > > lake@netscape.com (Lakespur Roca) > Tuesday January 12, 1999 06:25 PM > To: larry.fix@prudential.com > cc: (bcc: Larry Fix/PSC/Pru) > Subject: Re: screen readers for visually impaired users > > With your permission I could forward your request to a mail list that > discusses > accessability. Though it is largely aimed at Web Accessability > their is a large base of users knowlegable of these devices and their use. > > Let me know, > > Lake Roca > > Larry Fix wrote: > > > Does anyone out there in U-test land have any experience with screen > > readers for visually impaired users. I've just started researching this > > topic. The Microsoft site provides a list of accessibility products for > > use with Windows 95 and NT which seems like a very good place to start, > but > > if anyone has any experience in this area, I'd love to hear it. > > > > We are looking to deliver a system in March to two locations. In our > > Florida location there is a sight-impaired user. With the current > > mainframe/dumb terminal system, he uses a system that reads the contents > of > > the screen to him through one side of his headphones while he works with > a > > caller on the other side. I don't know much about it yet, other than his > > current screen reader won't work with our new client/server system and > that > > the voice he hears is that of someone who recorded the contents of each > of > > the screens. I'd like for the new system to work similar to the old one > if > > possible. Any ideas? > > > > Yours in usability, > > > > Larry Fix
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