[nfbcs] Should JAWS be used for web accessibility testing (was Re: Opinions?)

[Jim Barbour]

I am in 100% agreement with the statement that JAWS should not be used
for web site testing.  However, my reasons differ from the ones
written in the article.

It is not possible today to design and build accessible websites
without performing usability tests.  Further, there are too many
access technologies to test with them all.  So, the question is which
AT should be used to test, and therefore drive improvements to, web
site accessibility?  Whichever one gets chosen will have the
opportunity to informally set standards around how certain types of
content will be handled.

Given this, I think JAWS is not the right answer.   Perhaps NVDA or
SA to go or some other screen reader I'm not aware of could step in?

Jim

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 07:21:31PM -0800, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home wrote:
> When doing some research for a project, I found the following article. What do people think?
> http://clearhelper.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/stop-using-jaws-for-web-accessibility-testing/
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