RE: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 7:10 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox Donna Jones wrote: > Yes, and I was the one that asked for the link to it. After I got there > found out to get it to "read" the page on

Re: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

Donna Jones wrote: Yes, and I was the one that asked for the link to it. After I got there found out to get it to "read" the page one has to hover w/ a mouse - so totally unlike a screen reader. I think hovering with a mouse could be helpful to some people but it doesn't give one an idea of h

Re: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

dwain alford wrote: Drake, Ted C. wrote: Hi all If you haven't read Patrick Lauke's article on using the web developer toolbar, you should check it out. I thought I knew the toolbar but he's introduced several features that have made it into my daily work habit. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue

Re: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

Drake, Ted C. wrote: Hi all If you haven't read Patrick Lauke's article on using the web developer toolbar, you should check it out. I thought I knew the toolbar but he's introduced several features that have made it into my daily work habit. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue44/lauke/ On Sat, 2

RE: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

riginal Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua Street Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 9:17 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 23:40 -0400, Donna Jones wrote: > d

Re: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 23:40 -0400, Donna Jones wrote: > does anyone have an url for this? tried finding it on moz and couldn't > and really would like to try it out. http://accessibar.mozdev.org/ HTH Kind Regards, Joshua Street base10solutions Website: http://www.base10solutions.com.au/ Phone

Re: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

does anyone have an url for this? tried finding it on moz and couldn't and really would like to try it out. tia Donna Rick Faaberg wrote: On 8/23/05 10:25 PM "dwain alford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent this out: i just downloaded the accessibar at the mozdev web site. it's got a built in rea

Re: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

On 8/24/05 9:55 AM "dwain alford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent this out: > Rick Faaberg wrote: >> I would assume that also, but the installation complained greatly > about my >> Java environment and then I had to abort installation. >> > > that's interesting, especially if you have the latest java e

Re: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

Joshua Street wrote: As an aside, I imagine this text-to-speech engine would only be a component of Sun's JRE? Are any other JREs in use on mainstream platforms, so far as people are aware? The other pertinent question would be what versions introduced this functionality, as alluded to in Patrick

Re: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

Rick Faaberg wrote: > I would assume that also, but the installation complained greatly about my Java environment and then I had to abort installation. that's interesting, especially if you have the latest java environment. i think there is a link to contact the owner of the project on one

RE: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 12:01 +0100, Patrick Lauke wrote: > > Joshua Street > > > Actually, it's probably using Windows' built in text-to-speech for > > rendering audio, so possibly not. > > Actually, it's using a java text-to-speech engine, so it's cross platform > as long as you have a working JR

RE: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

> Joshua Street > Actually, it's probably using Windows' built in text-to-speech for > rendering audio, so possibly not. Actually, it's using a java text-to-speech engine, so it's cross platform as long as you have a working JRE (although these things can often be very fickle with regards to what

Re: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 01:42 -0500, dwain alford wrote: > Rick Faaberg wrote: > it's a browser extension, so it should function on > mac osx. Actually, it's probably using Windows' built in text-to-speech for rendering audio, so possibly not. Kind Regards, Joshua Street base10solutions Website:

Re: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

On 8/23/05 11:42 PM "dwain alford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent this out: >> Is there some way to install and execute on Mac OSX? Anybody has done it? >> > > i would assume so, it's a browser extension, so it should function on > mac osx. I would assume that also, but the installation complained gr

Re: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

Rick Faaberg wrote: On 8/23/05 10:25 PM "dwain alford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent this out: i just downloaded the accessibar at the mozdev web site. it's got a built in reader; so if you have speakers or a headset you can hear how accessible your page is in a reader. it's not superior quality

Re: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

On 8/23/05 10:25 PM "dwain alford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent this out: > i just downloaded the accessibar at the mozdev web site. it's got a > built in reader; so if you have speakers or a headset you can hear how > accessible your page is in a reader. it's not superior quality audio, > but it de

Re: [WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox (article on Chris Pederick's FF ext Web Developer toolbar)

Geoff Deering wrote: Patrick H. Lauke has written this article (http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue44/lauke/) on Chris Pederick's Web Developer toolbar , a tool Derek Featherstone also mentions as a great aid for web standards development.

[WSG] Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox (article on Chris Pederick's FF ext Web Developer toolbar)

Hi, I know this article was bunched in with a reference to Ariadne back on 10th August by sunny, but given it's relevance and importance in building a toolbox for evaluating web accessibility, and the recent question by Stuart Sherwood, I'll mention it prominently here, because it's a shame t