[nfbcs] Anyone had success with SimNet based courses

[Doug Lee]

I would be extremely surprised if this works right with any screen
reader.  Screen readers tend to rely on MSAA, object models, and
off-screen models, all of which are different or entirely missing in a
simulated environment, because the simulations tend to focus on
simulating the visual elements of a program, not the entire underlying
structure of it.  So you might see a web page that visually looks like
an Excel spreadsheet, but underneath, it's still a web page, and JAWS
and other screen readers will be following the underlying structure
and will present you with a view very different than what the actual
program would present.

All that said, if your goal is just to keep up with the class, not to
learn how to use the application with JAWS, you may be able to do
that.  The interaction will be different, but the results should be
the same, assuming the environment itself is accessible.

On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 04:27:30PM -0500, Robert Jaquiss wrote:
Hello:

     As part of my studies, I am supposed to take a self-paced class in Excel. The class uses something called SimNet by McGraw Hill. The student buys this "card" and can then log onto a site where various Microsoft products are simulated. Anyone had luck using JAWS with this? Thank you.

Regards,

Robert
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