- From: Bruce Bailey <bbailey@clark.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:24:21 -0400
- To: "'Anne Pemberton'" <apembert@crosslink.net>, "'Web Accessibility Initiative'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Cc: "'Jonathan Chetwynd'" <jonathan@signbrowser.free-online.co.uk>
Dear Anne et al., Someone on the RESNA list suggested the textHELP! ScreenReader as a useful tool for persons with cognitive limitations. I understand it is quite chatty and mouse drive and will speak anything that is highlighted. I have not tried it myself. The URL is: http://www.texthelp.com/products-screenreader.asp Their site, sigh, is totally inaccessible... On Saturday, October 16, 1999 8:01 PM, Anne Pemberton [SMTP:apembert@crosslink.net] wrote: > Bruce, > Sorry for being so long replying to your request. I've been busy with a > homeschooling project, and being called out of retirement to teach a > computer class to Kindergartners thru 2nd graders in a local school. > > I am getting frustrated trying to find web content an 8 yo can use without > someone reading it to him, and dismayed by the lack of illustrations with > usable text. I had to create web pages for him on the intro to "Ancient > Civilizations" and we've found a nice software that is letting him learn > the basics of several ancient civilizations, content I found at too high a > level (and lacking illustrations) on the web. I'm considering getting a > speech setup for either his computer at home, or mine where he spends a lot > of online time. Reading thru your analysis of the web browsers, only the > last seems of potential use. I'll see if I can get the demo and test it > with Taylor, and let you know how it works. If that one doesn't allow > Taylor to see and hear the whole page at the same time, it won't meet the > needs of cognitively disabled persons with text-limitations or reading > disabilities. > > Anne P.
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