- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:30:01 +0000
- To: wai-xtech@w3.org
this post contains 6 test results for the document archived at: http://tinyurl.com/2m4h2m explanation of test: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2007Nov/0062.html system specifications upon which these tests were performed: * WindowsXP Professional SP2 + Operating System: Windows XP Professional (Version 2002) SP2 + Processor/CPU Speed: Intel Pentium 4/3.20GHz + RAM: 2GB ------------------------ 1. FireVox Results: FAIL ------------------------ build: FF2 (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U ; Windows NT 5.1;en-US;rv: 1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6) extension: with FireVox (5.2) RESULT 1: does not speak text generated by CSS using :before, even though the pseudo-content is visually rendered to the screen by FF2 ---------------------------------------- 2. JAWS (8.0.2173 Unicode) and IE7: FAIL ---------------------------------------- RESULT 2: generated text neither spoken nor rendered -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. JAWS 8.0.2173 and FF3: CONDITIONAL PASS: UNDUE-BURDEN EXPOSURE STRATEGY -------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAWS version: 8.0.2173 Unicode RESULT 3: does not speak text generated by CSS using :before, even though the pseudo-content is visually rendered to the screen by FF3; if, however, one turns Virtual Cursor Off (INSERT + Z) screen-scraping does enable the generated text to be spoken, but this is NOT the default setting for JAWS when in a hypertext document instance. --------------------- 4. NVDA and FF3: FAIL --------------------- NVDA (build 0.5) FF3: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b2pre) Gecko/2007111905 Minefield/3.0b2pre RESULT 4: does not speak text generated by CSS using :before, even though the pseudo-content is visually rendered to the screen by FF3; could not get NVDA to articulate the CSS-generated text ------------------------------------------ 5. NVDA snapshot build r1198 and FF3: FAIL ------------------------------------------ NVDA (build r1198) FF3: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b2pre) Gecko/2007111905 Minefield/3.0b2pre RESULT 5: does not speak text generated by CSS using :before, even though the pseudo-content is visually rendered to the screen by FF3; could not get NVDA to articulate the CSS-generated text ------------------------------------------ 6. NVDA snapshot build r1198 and FF2: FAIL ------------------------------------------ NVDA (build r1198) FF2: 2.0.0.9 (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv1819) Gecko/20071025 Firefox/2.0.0.9e RESULT 6: does not speak text generated by CSS using :before, even though the pseudo-content is visually rendered to the screen by FF3; could not get NVDA to articulate the CSS-generated text thanks to my sighted assistant, sandra, for her, um, sighted assistance gregory. ------------------------------------------------------ It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers. -- James Thurber ------------------------------------------------------ Gregory J. Rosmaita, oedipus@hicom.net Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus Oedipus' Online Complex: http://my.opera.com/oedipus ------------------------------------------------------
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