- From: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:03:54 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org, larry.fix@prudential.com
Hi Larry, I received your request for assistance via the list that Lake mentioned. I may be able to assist. I am a blind individual who has been using and working with screenreaders for several years. If I can answer questions for you, I'd be happy to do so. I noticed you mentioned a new system. what are you working with? most screen reading software available today can directly voice windows 3.x and 9.x systems and a couple work with nt. unix even has some stuff but the x-windows stuff is not quite there yet. I use Jaws for windows with all flavors of windows and have used the mac as well. I train and otherwise work with several of the screen readers also. Please let me know how I can help. Thanks! > 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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