Hi: To add to this discussion, I listened to an interview with a member of Google's accessibility team and he talked about the challenges of making Google apps, specifically Google Docs, work with screen readers. The biggest challenge, he said, is that screen readers are programmed to behave in a particular way on the web and they are programmed to behave a different way in a word processor. The challenge, then, is to make the screen reader behave like it would in a word processor even though it knows it is on the web. I can't remember where I found this interview, but the link to it is contained in a past issue of Dean Martineau's excellent newsletter called Top Tech Tidbits, produced by Flying Blind. Kevin Huber
On 6/27/14, Max G. Swanson <[email protected]> wrote: > Of course Eloquence for Jaws is locked! What isn't locked in the land of > the Great White? Actually I vastly prefer GW's version; the speech in JFW > sounds choppy, even enebriated, thats Drunk in case I misspelled it. > > As to the Web, I must agree with Don H. and others on this list; the Net > is where it's all happening and is probably the hardest area for a > screenreader to deal with. > > Just because one can't get the bang for the buck that's possible by > tightly scripting an off-line program to complete certain tasks in an > impressive way doesn't change that fact. It's just a lot harder. > > IMHO, what we need are different apps to work *Within* each browser, > beyond just Browse Mode itself. Just look at the disinteghration of > browsing function on mobile devices; an app in that world is really a > minibrowser isn't it? > > Even the late Fred Brucker figured out we need to choose between VT100 and > some other terminal emulations in the old Commo program; so why should we > gear all browsing to one browser emulation or off-screen model? This is > what I really don't see happening with any screenreader. > > BTW, ESpeak may be robotic, but try British Mario as a variant, set to > maximum inflection, and you'll be pleasantly surprised! > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > till the next Heartbleed, Bugbear, Doomsday or Michaelangelo Virus! > Regards, Max. > > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is > related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to > [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can > manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
