hmmmm, top of my head would say window eyes then hal, and would not mind seeing NVDA given a seat officially in a real world working application, instead of the other way around as is normal HTH, elf ----- Original Message ----- From: Andreas Stefik To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Sodbeans Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 6:59 AM Subject: Screen Reader Compatibility Hi folks, We're working hard out here on screen reader compatibility on the Sappy/Sodbeans projects in NetBeans. We're trying to decide which screen readers we should make our code compatible with. We realistically can't do all of them in the short term and we are starting with Jaws/ OSX Voice Over. Once those are complete, any suggestions on what screen readers the community would prefer come next? Any preferences? We were thinking maybe a unix flavor screen reader, perhaps Orca, but are open to suggestions. What does the community think? Andreas Stefik, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Southern Illinois University Edwardsville