Re: Facebook Accessibility Really Sucks
@Ironcross, right, the facebook accessibility team is responsible for acknowledging only JAWS, but JAWS is not guilty in this case. The reason, as I mentioned before is because other screen readers do not have the popularity of JAWS, plus JAWS is the screen reader recommended by all the public institutions who hire blind people, and JAWS is also acknowledged by all the schools who respect accessibility standards. Now, answering your question "why is only JAWS acknowledged" is a completely different theme. If the other screen readers from NVDA to System Access are recognised in different institutions, then there is a chance that they could gain more popularity and support as well. This is a matter of their developers and anyone who cares about these screen readers. An example of how a screen reader can be recognised is the case of Super Nova and SaraTech who offer free licenses to Scottish blind students. However, Supernova is not recognised only in Scotland, but also in some other cities of England that employ accessibility standards.
Now, I tested the facebook site with both JAWS and NVDA, and it turned out that NVDA touched the "What's on your mind?" edit box, and jumped on the comments of the first story. With JAWS, it doesn't, but I don't call this screen reader acknowledgement, because they've not done anything significant to improve the experience with JAWS on Facebook.
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