RE: Screen Reader Programs

Hi Judy,

 

I beg to differ. The demonstration versions of JAWS available from Freedom
Scientific are fully functional. I have been a JAWS user for the last
decade, and I use the demo versions all the time. Perhaps there was an issue
with the installation. If you want to run JAWS in 'factory mode', type
jawsXX /default where 'xx' is the major version number.  However, I agree
that there is no substitute for user testing.

 

Cheers,

Adam 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: Judy Gregg [mailto:judy@accessibilityexperts.ca] 
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:29 AM
To: 'Adam Cooper'; 'Liz Hunter'; 'Carter, James Edward Dawkins - carte3je'
Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: RE: Screen Reader Programs

 

Hi,

 

Something to keep in mind is that the demo / free version of JAWS do not
have all features of the full version available. We have a person who uses
JAWS on a daily basis test our websites and have found that it is the best. 

 

One of our clients actually had the free version and was using to test their
website.  We were testing their intranet using the demo / free version of
JAWS and the person who uses JAWS on a regular basis could not access the
same functionalities as in her full version, such as her heading list or
link list.

 

Judy Gregg

Accessibility Experts Ltd.

 

From: Adam Cooper [mailto:cooperad@bigpond.com] 
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 5:08 PM
To: 'Liz Hunter'; 'Carter, James Edward Dawkins - carte3je'
Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: RE: Screen Reader Programs

 

Hi there,

 

Try Non-Visual Desktop Application (NVDA) at http://www.nvda-project.org/
it's free and probably the most standards compliant screen reader available.

 

Also try JAWS at
http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/jaws-downloads.asp  -
there's a free forty minute demo version available.

 

Or better still, find some people who use a screen reader every day, build
some test cases, and get them to test your site ...

 

 

 

From: Liz Hunter [mailto:lduncan@siu.edu] 
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:34 AM
To: Carter, James Edward Dawkins - carte3je
Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: Re: Screen Reader Programs

 

ChromeVox for Google Chrome is free and works fairly well. I'm not sure how
it rates but I use it to test all of my sites.

LIZ HUNTER
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On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Carter, James Edward Dawkins - carte3je
<carte3je@jmu.edu> wrote:

Can I get some recommendations for Screen Readers that you guys use for
testing web pages please.


Many thanks

 

James Carter
Web Developer
University Marketing

carte3je@jmu.edu
(540) 568-5606 <tel:%28540%29%20568-5606> 


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