- From: Access Systems <accessys@smart.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:17:06 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Marjolein Katsma <hgnje001@sneakemail.com>
- cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Marjolein Katsma wrote:
> >If you want to hear your markup try the demo version of JAWS at
> >http://www.freedomscientific.com/
>
> I am fully aware that JAWS, just like various other screen readers and AT,
> has various modes and configuration options. What I do not know, however -
beware of writing to a particular screen reader, many people do not use
that particular version, you can write generically and be read by most
screen readers but if you write to a particular piece of software you trap
yourself if that software changes, or if someone is using something else.
I am a firm believer in "open source" software and JAWS is very much not
open source so for a screen reader I would use
EMACSPEAK which is open source,.but not compatablie with JAWS
> and could not learn from using a demo version myself - is how a *user* of
> such software would in practice use the tool to navigate my site, or a
> calendar in particular.
BTW. you site worked pretty well when I visited, far better than the
average
Bob
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