[Travelandtourism] Allegiant Airline / screen reader software

Wed Jul 29 10:31:37 UTC 2015

Thank you for the information Peter. 

I myself and not a totally blind person, I have some vision left, but always
use my blindness skills.  You do not have to be totally blind to be legally
blind. 

Also, that you for the updates of what you are going through with screen
readers and zoomtext, etc.

This might be a little off topic for our list, more general blind talk list,
but at the same time, it is blindness related.

Hope you participate more in the division.  Thank you.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Travelandtourism [mailto:travelandtourism-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Peter Wolf via Travelandtourism
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 10:29 PM
To: NFB Travel and Tourism Division List <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Peter Wolf <pwolf1 at wolfskills.com>
Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Allegiant Airline / screen reader software

Hi Kim, and everyone-

This is a little tangent off, but the issue of websites and screen readers
caught my attention.

This isn't the first time I have read about issues navigating with screen
readers, and it moved me to offer up what I've found.  So please forgive,
everyone, if I come into this stream a little out of context (Kim) in your
interchanges - I just thought that perhaps somewhere this might be helpful
to someone, in the community.  Please either tell me a good place to post
this for the general membership, or feel free to just  post it there if it's
easier.  

This message is about screen reader software for vision impairment.  I'm not
completely blind, but vision impaired with reading sufficiently to use a
screen reader.  This means that I still can "point and shoot", meaning pick
and highlight what I want read, and then activate the reader to run the
content.  It's helpful with websites.  If any of you fellow members have
this kind of vision function/impairment, I want to share with you that I
have tried both Zoomtext and VisioVoice vision impairment versions of
software and will offer a comparison.

I am aware that Zoomtext is much better through a PC than the Mac version.
I use Mac.  If you do too, the comparison that I found is that they are
basically the same, but with two main differences.  First, Zoomtext mac
crashed my computer.  VisioVoice hasn't.  Both programs give a similar
content reader window, and their own brand of enhanced cursors.  VisioVoice
has *very* nice adustable patterns for big cursors.  

The essential difference between the two readers is reading speed.  I could
not get speed with Zoomtext Mac.  It was like being stuck in the mud with
somewhere to go.  But speeds can go very high with VisioVoice using their
mac and acapella voices.  Zoomtext was I think 600 or 800 bucks.  VisioVoice
was 250.  The only other difference (if you *do* use some vision), was that
I found it more useful that Zoomtext would highlight a sentence, and also
the individual word being read within it.  VisioVoice only highlights one or
the other.  That concern is particular to me perhaps, because my vision
issues come from head injury and I may or may not construct context, even if
I my eyes do point at something. 

If any of you out there have related vision issues, I hope this is helpful.

Best wishes,
Peter

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On Jul 27, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Kim Brown via Travelandtourism
<travelandtourism at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi All, 
> 
> I am Kim Brown, and I am trying to book a flight using the above mentioned
> web site. I have tried a few different screen readers, and web browsers,
but
> have not been able to book my flight. 
> Has anyone used this site with a screen reader with any success? 
> 
> Thank you to all who may assist me. 
> 
> 
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