well any screen reader will work, strictly speaking there is some w3c
guidelines at w3c.org or something but I have never viewed this.
These guidelines are for accessability and are probably something you
want to look for.
Having headings and sub headings were applicable, lists, bulleted or
otherwise, forms list combo boxes, labeled radio and check controls etc.
Text modes or just text and no graphics, though alt text descriptions
of images will be good.
No image links if you can possably avoid those.
No flash unless you label everything i guess, and audio, well no
music playing in the site because it can go over the volume of readers.
But having a theme, buttons and links making noise, small audio
messages on the site, in fact as long as you don't overdo it you can
be as fancy with audio as you want.
Though be wary for those using mobile devices etc.
At 07:45 a.m. 29/01/2011, you wrote:
that's a hard one. there's jaws from freedom scientific, window-eyes
from gw micro. nvda wich is a free product and system access from
serotek and you can get a free account at satogo.com
On Jan 28, 2011, at 1:07 PM, David Rose wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> My apologies if I bring up a question that has already been
discussed to death, but I don't see anything about this in a casual
browsing of the archives.
>
> At first I thought I didn't have any screen reader software, so I
couldn't test the accessibility of my RSW website directly. But
then I realized that every Mac has VoiceOver built-in, and it's
quite nice! I've been going through my web pages with VoiceOver,
and I've found a number of minor issues that I'll be correcting.
>
> But I'd hate to fine-tune my pages to VoiceOver's quirks only,
without knowing about similar quirks in other software. In
particular, what do Windows users typically use to browse the
web? I see that Narrator is built-in to Windows, but it's almost
unusable. Even Narrator itself recommends users buy a third-party
program instead.
>
> So, if I were to purchase one such third-party program for the
purpose of testing my website's accessibility under Windows, which
program should it be?
>
> Thanks!
> David
>
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