- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:20:53 -0800
- To: Phillip Pi <philpi@apu.edu>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 11:12 AM 10/30/2001 , Phillip Pi wrote: >Kynn, is there a freeware version or even an open source version? I don't >want to use it if it is limited (e.g. short amount of time). Thanks. Nope. Most screenreaders cost big $$$ -- Jaws, for example is something like $700 or $800, or $1200 or so if you're using Windows NT/2000. You can find things like IBM's Home Page Reader for a more affordable $150 -- and I recommend it to EVERY professional web developer -- but I don't know if it will read your email messages for you. (It might!) You can try TV Raman's EmacSpeak, which is an Emacs-based application (and which is free and might even be open source) to read web pages out loud and maybe even other stuff. It's also notable for having aural CSS support, but I haven't gotten it running myself so I can't vouch for it. Many operating systems have the ability to speak things, if you figure out how to make it work -- e.g. recent versions of Windows, or MacOS for a long time now. Actually getting content of an email message read out loud may be tricky, though, as these "mini-screenreaders" are quite limited in functionality. --Kynn -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@reef.com> Technical Developer Liaison Reef North America Accessibility - W3C - Integrator Network ________________________________________ BUSINESS IS DYNAMIC. TAKE CONTROL. ________________________________________ http://www.reef.com
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