Re: Screen Reader Compatibility
- From: coscell <coscell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:37:49 +0800 (CST)
Agree!
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, Storm Dragon wrote:
> I would like to include my vote for Orca. Also, for Windows, instead of
> any of the commercial screen readers, why not push for NVDA support.
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> On Sat, 2010-01-23 at 15:33 -0500, Jared Wright wrote:
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> > For the record, I think a Unix-flavored screen reader would also be a
> > great choice. I guess I do nearly as much in Linux now as I do in
> > Windows, so maybe I should've started with that instead of my thoughts
> > on the Windows side. But I digress.
> >
> > Jared
> >
> > On 1/23/2010 3:25 PM, Bill Cox wrote:
> > > I'll throw out a vote for Orca next. There seem to be a lot of
> > > open-source blind programmers out in Linux land, and I think you could
> > > reach them best with Orca integration. Also, Orca and accessibility
> > > in Linux seems to be advancing rapidly. I suspect in five years,
> > > looking back Orca will have seemed the obvious choice.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Jared Wright<wright.jaredm@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> I'm definitely disappointed to see JAWS getting all the attention on the
> > >> Windows side. Personal, subjective preference aside, I think most of us
> > >> can
> > >> agree that It's more expensive than Window Eyes, has an inferior
> > >> scripting
> > >> implementation compared to Window Eyes, uses more system resources than
> > >> Window Eyes, and yet so many accessibility products worry about
> > >> compatibility with JFW which translates to implicit support for Freedom
> > >> Scientific's frivolous litigation, forced Braille driver signing, and
> > >> other
> > >> nonsense that serves the blind community in no useful fashion. It sounds
> > >> like you've already gotten pretty far on your roadmap for Windows with
> > >> JAWS
> > >> already, so I'll say no more. Hopefully you'll revisit the possibility of
> > >> Window Eyes compatibility in the future, although I guess with Window
> > >> Eyes
> > >> being more adaptable (my opinion of course) it'll be easier for its
> > >> users to
> > >> adapt it to Sotbeans themselves.
> > >>
> > >> Jared
> > >>
> > >> On 1/23/2010 9:59 AM, Andreas Stefik wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> 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
> > >>>
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