[Nfbmo] FW: [Tapinternet] Warning for Magnification Products and IE9

[Shelia Wright]

Below is a message I received as a CSP with Missouri Assistive Tech. I know
there are members of the listserve that are using screen magnification
software so I wanted to share this warning to help avoid potential problems
that have not been resolved yet.
Shelia Wright

 Please heed the warning below from the AISquared knowledge base and let all
your customers know not to upgrade to IE9 on Windows 7 or Vista systems
using either Magic or Zoomtext until serious accessibility concerns are
resolved.

KB: Warning about the use of ZoomText with Internet Explorer 9

Last updated: March 11 2011




The information in this article applies to:
ZoomText
Internet Explorer 9

Microsoft will officially release Internet Explorer 9 on March 14th, 2011, 
which will include support for HTML5, Direct2D and other new hardware 
acceleration technologies designed to increase the speed and performance of 
Internet Explorer. These new technologies bring new challenges for 
accessibility programs like ZoomText. More specifically, these technologies 
will have crippling adverse effects on ZoomText's xFont, tracking and screen

reading features. Therefore, at this time we are advising ZoomText users not

to install or upgrade to Internet Explorer 9, as doing so will result in a 
loss of ZoomText functionality within Internet Explorer, and possibly a 
decrease in personal productivity. We do want to assure you that we are 
working on overcoming these problems and will provide a solution as quickly 
as possible.

Thank you,
The Ai Squared Support Team

forwarded from
Reginald George
Adaptive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Missouri
816-200-1064
adapt at kc.rr.com 

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