- From: Anthony Quinn <anthony@frontend.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 10:05:02 -0000
- To: "WAI Mailing list" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hi All, I understand that JAWS is the most commonly used screen reader at the moment. I don't have figures for this, so you can call it an assumption based on the fact that JAWS is the name that I encounter most frequently when people discuss screen readers. It occurs to me that the Narrator facility which is included in Windows 2000 could be a particularly useful tool for web designers who might want to very quickly test a HTML layout, or even just to gain some insight into the user experience of someone who might be using a screen reader. Does anyone know how closely the Windows 2000 Narrator resembles JAWS in terms of it's capabilities, etc? Ideally, you want to test in as many different platforms, browsers and access devices as possible but for those who don't have access to a JAWS screen reader, could narrator be a useful alternative, given that some testing is better than none at all? thanks Anthony _______________________________________________________ Anthony Quinn UI Design Manager Frontend ~ Usability Engineering & Interface Design 40 Westland Row, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland Visit our Usability InfoCentre at: http://www.frontend.com/usability_infocentre/ anthony.quinn@frontend.com tel: +353 1 241 1600 http://www.frontend.com fax: +353 1 241 1601 _______________________________________________________
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