[nfbwatlk] Fw: [gui-talk] Fwd: WebAim is conducting a screen reader survey

[David Andrews]

The Web Aim folks are quite legitimate, and have their stuff together 
pretty well.  I would urge people to do this one.

Dave

At 11:18 AM 12/19/2008, Mike Freeman wrote:
>Dunno how legit this is but I put it out there FWIW!
>
>Mike Freeman
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Pattison" <srp at internode.on.net>
>To: "vip-l" <vip-l at softspeak.com.au>
>Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 4:39 AM
>Subject: [gui-talk] Fwd: WebAim is conducting a screen reader survey
>
>
>From: Jared Smith jared at cpd2.usu.edu
>
>WebAIM is conducting a survey of screen reader users -
>http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey/
>
>Web accessibility experts often say something like,  "Screen reader
>users prefer?" followed by some accessibility recommendation. However,
>many of these recommendations are based on personal preference or
>conjecture - often from sighted users who only test with screen
>readers. The fact is that there is little data about screen reader
>usage to back up these recommendations.
>
>This survey will ask screen reader users about their usage and
>preferences. If you are a full-time, part-time, or even occasional
>screen reader user, please take a few minutes to complete the survey
>and provide us with a few details on your screen reader usage and
>preferences. We will be comparing results between those that rely on
>screen readers and those that primarily use them for evaluation and
>testing, so all screen reader users are invited to respond. Your
>feedback will help influence the accessibility techniques that web
>developers implement and that experts recommend. We'll be posting the
>survey results in a few months.
>
>Please post this announcement and/or the URL to other accessibility,
>disability, and assistive technology lists. More screen reader user
>responses will help solidify the recommendations made.
>
>http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey
>
>Jared Smith
>WebAIM
>
>Regards Steve
>Email:  srp at internode.on.net
>Windows Live Messenger:  internetuser383 at hotmail.com
>Skype:  steve1963
>
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