[Blindmath] Making JAWS Accessible with Other Applications

[John Gardner]

Hi Christine, there is plenty of information on the Microsoft web site about
making Windows aps accessible to screen readers.  Incidentally Jaws is not
the only screen reader used today.  It has somewhere between 50 and y60%
market share, but NVDA and Window-Eyes are also gaining market shre in the
US, and Dolphin screen readers have a significant market share in 'europe.
So I prefer to talk about screen reader accessibily, nto Jaws in particular.

Generally, the advice for developers is to use standard 
Windows user interface elements and make sure that everything is keyboard
accessible with TAB, arrows, and other cursor keys.  That goes a long way
toward providing accessibility.

John Gardner


-----Original Message-----
From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Christine Szostak
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 5:15 AM
To: NFB Science and Engineering Division List; Blind Math list for those
interested in mathematics; Discussion list for NABS, National Alliance of
Blind Students.
Subject: [Blindmath] Making JAWS Accessible with Other Applications

Hi All,
  There is a software package used for developing experiments that our lab
is moving to that is rendered completely unreadable with JAWS. I have been
in contact with the developer of the software and he is interested in trying
to make it work with JAWS. However, he, and unfortunately I will admit, I
know little about what is necessary to make  applications accessible with
JAWS. If anyone here can provide me with some information, it would be
sincerely appreciated. If you need more details before providing information
please let me know as I honestly do not know what would be of help in being
able to address this  inquiry.
With warmest gratitude,
Christine
Christine M. Szostak
Doctoral Candidate
Language Perception Laboratory
Department of Psychology, Cognitive Area
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
szostak.1 at osu.edu
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