[bcab] Re: Qualilife

Hi Tim I had not heard of this company before and their product range looks 
interesting.  I went to 
the site and have actually downloaded and installed a 30 day demo of "Qualiweb 
Pro", a speaking web 
browser application which they report as being accessible to people with low 
vision or who are 
blind.

LINK:
http://63.135.104.16/content_db/download/QWP_Setup.exe

The demo works okay (circa 4 Mb) although limited to Microsoft SAM.  It gave 
access to all the major 
browser functions and is reading web pages okay.  I very much doubt though that 
anyone with an 
existing screen reader would be interested in this product at £240 when all it 
does is web browsing. 
Possibly it's strongest feature is compatibility with voice recognition.  Quote 
"QualiWEB Pro is 
fully compatible with Voice Recognition Systems like Microsoft Speech 
Recognition 6.1 (coming soon) 
and Scansoft Dragon Naturally Speaking 7.1. "  Combined with TTS output this 
could possibly good 
VIVO.  But as a screen reader I'd say it's probably surpassed by Thunder, which 
is £240 cheaper and 
reads far more applications.

I also notice there is a UK distributor "One New Walk" based in Sevenoaks, 
Kent.  The whole product 
range is new to me and initial impressions are, perhaps a good range for 
products for people with 
multiple disabilities, and an impressive accessible and well organised web site.

I'm passing this info on to Dennis van der Heijden at www.axistive.com

Many thanks.

Leon Gilbert.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adrian Higginbotham" <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 11:05 AM
Subject: [bcab] Re: Qualilife


Tim - reading around the product details they are very much targeted at
those with motor impairments which given features like auto scanning may
well mean they are not good for screenreader users.  I may of course be
wrong though.



Adrian Higginbotham
Accessibility and inclusion adviser
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA
Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Internal extension #2287
Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/
BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ



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From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of tim.pennick@xxxxxx
Sent: 29 September 2006 10:35
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Qualilife



Hi Again All,

Has anyone come across products from Qualilife
(http://www.qualilife.com/ <http://www.qualilife.com/> )?  They make
some pretty impressive claims:

"We provide full accessibility to all existing technologies in all
fields, like: Telephony, Environmental control, Verbal and Written
communication, Internet,

fax, e-mail, SMS, DVD, Audio & Video, Virtual Reality, Business
Solutions, Web, Games, etc.", and having read the information on their
web site, I was surprised not to have heard of them before, and would be
interested in any  views.

Regards,

Tim Pennick

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