[bksvol-discuss] Re: o/t: Web Visum improves website access for blind
- From: "Chris Hofstader" <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:48:09 -0400
To add additional reasons for using Firefox is that, with the 3.0 release,
one can use a number of "Web 2.0" pages like googledocs and gmail with NVDA,
JAWS and Window-Eyes (they may work with other screen readers as well but I
haven't tried them. System Access, one of my favorite screen readers does
not work very well with Firefox). Firefox works poorly with Macintosh if
you don't install the FireVox add-in.
cdh
Chris Hofstader
CUNY, BSO, ATG, Odds and Ends
email: cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Blog: http://www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com
Skype: BlindChristian
phone: 727-896-6393
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This is way cool! I've been a Firefox user for years, and this is like
getting extra candy at Christmas. (smile) For those of you who use
Internet Explorer, Firefox works very well if you have Jaws 7 or later
or have a version of Window Eyes released within the last two years or
so. For the most part, web pages act and sound like what you're used
to seeing in Internet Explorer. Firefox does work very well with
Bookshare, and I've set it up to automatically unpack books when I
download them.
One feature I really like is that Firefox has a password manager that
can remember your user name and password for each site you visit and
will just fill those in for you when you arrive at the site. You can
set a master password that you enter after starting the browser if
you're concerned about someone accessing your user names and such. So
when I get to the Bookshare site, all I have to do is look for the
log-in button. I press enterand am good to go from there.
--
Monica Willyard
Visit my blog at http://www.scannersguild.com
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