Hi,
What sites are accessible with VoiceOver that are not with the Windows
screen readers? What browser were you using at the time? How long ago
did you visit these sites?
I ran into a weird bug that apple knows about where specific links that
pull down information are not clickable with VoiceOver unless you
double-tap and hold the link and select open. Then the information
dropps down as it should. How many of us do that though.
This is only an issue on ios devices with VoiceOver. The mac, Android,
Chromebook and Windows all function as they should.
Just goes to show every screen reader has its issues.
Chris Grabowski
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From: Tony C via Talk
Sent: Tuesday, Apr 4, 2017 6:04 AM EST
To: Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: makeing the switch
Well, I guess I’ve fought it for as long as I can. I’ve refused for
several years to consider switching to a Mac, but with the apparent
demise of Window Eyes, and Jaws sucking as it always has, I’m going to
be making the switch. I’ve been a loyal WE user since 2004, but it seems
that it’s time to teach an old dog new tricks. lol. I can take my I
phone or my I pad mini and have no problem using programs like Netflix,
Slink, and other websites using Voice Over, that WE and Jaws say hey
can’t because the sites aren’t accessible. I think I’ll keep one of my
Windows PC’s with WE on it just so I can look back and think of all the
money I spent just to be left with my thumb up my nose. When I think of
the money I’ve spent maintaining a screen reader, and now the built in
screen reader with the IOS works great with all those websites that were
called by tech support for Jaws and window eyes “inaccessible”.. I know
I may catch some flack for this, but it’s the truth none the less.I
guess VFO thinks they’ve cornered the market on Screen readers, but I
refuse to do business with them, because of who they are and who they
are connected with. I started out with Windows 95 and JFW back in 1995,
and I used Jaws up untill 2004 when a friend of mine and myself started
building a web site, he was a WE user and I a Jaws user. I couldn’t do
some of the thing with jaws and Freedom Scientific’s tech support told
me it was because the page builder I was usin was “inaccessible”, but my
buddy with Window eyes could do it. I started using WE to work on the
website and as I got used to it I began using is more and more for other
things. I found that WE worked “out of the box” with more programs than
Jaws did. So, in 2004 I became a Window eyes user. now I’m sad to say
that the same type of thing has happened, except this time is between
Window eyes Windows and Voice Over and Mac. I will be buying my first
Mac in a couple of months and telling WE and Windows goodby.
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