[nfbwatlk] FW: Free Webinar: Practical comparison of screen readers

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Fri Sep 23 15:27:30 UTC 2011


Says a lot about the assumptions surrounding the disabled and work!

Mike Freeman


On Sep 22, 2011, at 23:23, "robert sellers" <robertsellers500 at comcast.net> wrote:

> 
> I agree!! I thought I was the only person that felt that way.
> 
> Bob
> 
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> readers
> 
> Why is this stuff always done during working hours?
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Nightingale, Noel
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> Subject: [nfbwatlk] FW: Free Webinar: Practical comparison of screen readers
> 
> this sounds interesting!
> 
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> From: Distribution list for EASI Web Conferences, Podcasts and News
> [mailto:ITD-JNL at LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG] On Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:01 PM
> To: ITD-JNL at LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG
> Subject: Free Webinar: Practical comparison of screen readers
> 
> Free Webinar: Practical comparison of screen readers, using
> 
> scenario based user testing.
> Sept. 28 at 11 AM Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 PM Central and 2 PM
> 
> Eastern
> Presenters: Birkir R. Gunnarsson and Hlynur M. Hreinsson Iceland National
> Institute for the Blind, Deafblind and Visually
> 
> Impaired.
> We have yet to find a way to slap a grade on happiness, but in the
> 
> summer of 2010 we created a set of practical test cases across 7
> 
> categories, to help us better match screen readers to our users.
> 
> The methodology allows us to meaningfully test and compare
> 
> screen readers as diverse as:
> Jaws for Windows,
> NVDA,
> Orca,
> Voiceover.
> By comparing their performance on test cases across multiple
> 
> categories such as:
> Braille support,
> advanced office applications,
> web browsing,
> instant messaging,
> we believe we can better match the least expensive and most
> 
> appropriate screen reader to each of our users, thus making sure
> 
> we support and utilize both open source technology and advances
> 
> in screen reading from Apple. This way we both help our users get
> 
> the most out of their PCs as well as being able to provide useful
> 
> feedback to the screen reader manufacturers and developers, if we
> 
> find one screen reader does something particularly well or is
> 
> lagging behind. We hope to be able to recruit people to help us
> 
> expand and update the testing and provide us with feedback.
> (The detailed report of our tests will be available from the
> 
> resources page of the Webinar archive which will be sent to those
> 
> who signed up for this Webinar.)
> Register for this free Sept. 28 Webinar.
> http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
> Once you choose hope, anything's possible.  Christopher Reeve Norman Coombs
> norm.coombs at gmail.com
> 
> Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students with
> Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010
> http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html
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