Anna, Thanks for the info. The avast Web site claims that the 507 release of version 5 is reasonably accessible. If I had a test computer that I didn't care about I would try it for myself, but as removing Avast might involve more drama than I want to deal with I just wanted to get the scoop from someone who's already tried that release.
I think that the blindness community really needs to organize an advocacy campaign to try to convince the manufacturers of antimalware software to make their products totally keyboard-friendly. I don't think it's good that we as blind people use a certain antimalware program due to its accessibility as opposed to because it's actually good at what it does. I'm not saying that AVG and MSE aren't good choices. I'm saying that they shouldn't be our only choices just because it's the only thing our screen readers will work with out of the box. Mccafe and Norton should be totally accessible, although given what just went down with Mccafe this week I'm not sure it would be my first choice. <grin> Seriously, does everyone agree and what can we do about this to start an organized accessibility campaign to make this work. I'm not suggesting militant actions ... No taking up arms and storming into Norton's offices or anything of the kind. Just well-written emails indicating the problems and letting these folks know that their products need to be accessible or else blind folks will go with competition that already is screen-reader friendly. If I knew that a whole group of people had decided to use MSE over my product due to the fact that MSE is accessible I would take notice and see what I could do to keep those customers happy. David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anna Vimini Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 11:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Blind-Computing] Is Avast 5.0.507 Accessible? Hi David, No avast 5.0.507 is not accessible with the jaws screen reading program. who ever gave you that information that it is, is not telling you the truth. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ ---------------=============== NOTICE ===============--------------- Note: Privileged/Confidential information may be contained in this message and may be subject to legal privilege. Access to this e-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient or responsible for delivery of the message to such person, you may not use, copy, distribute or deliver this message or any part of its contents, or take any action in reliance on it. In such case, you should destroy this message, and notify us immediately. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail or telephone and delete the e-mail from any computer. If you or your employer does not consent to internet e-mail messages of this kind, please notify us immediately. All reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present in this message. As our agency cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this message or attachments, we recommend that you subject these to your virus checking procedures prior to use. The views, opinions, conclusions and other information expressed in this electronic message are not given or endorsed by Associated Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired unless otherwise indicated by an authorized representative independent of this message. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
