Could the difference between accessibility on a I phone or I Pad and a
Mac book be that the phones and I pads are running the mobile versions
of a web site or ap and the Mac book isn't? I have been considering
purchasing a I Pad but just don't know which one to buy and wether it is
really a solution to avoid having to move to JAWS. I have been using
NVDA and it works fairly well but too has its shortcomings on some web
pages.
On 4/4/2017 8:02 AM, Steve Jacobson via Talk wrote:
Tony,
I share some of your frustrations. I had to use JAWS more during the past year
to do certain things on my job, and I was surprised at all of what I feel are
bugs in JAWS. It always seemed to me that many JAWS users felt that
Window-Eyes had a monopoly on bugs. On my job, both JAWS and Window-Eyes
worked on some older software that I used while NVDA did not work with it.
While I like my iPhone, I have found myself frustrated there with bugs as well.
The pace of change in technology, particularly web site development, is really
putting a squeeze on our access on all platforms in my opinion. I know of
people who have switched to the MAC and would never switch back, but I also
know of a few who have switched back. Also, some of your examples are partly
due to inconsistent or poor web browser support. People I have talked to who
work on accessibility have told me that if a web page is at all complicated, it
needs to be tested with all combinations of screen readers and web browsers to
know if the page will work. There is often even browser-specific code in web
sites even without accessibility. It is very possible, for example, that
Netflix is running different code when you access the very same page with a MAC
as you access with a Windows browser. This makes it very hard to determine
where problems exist.
I hope that your switch to Apple works well for you.
Best regards,
Steve Jacobson
-----Original Message-----
From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Tony C via Talk
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 3:46 AM
To: Window-Eyes Discussion List <[email protected]>
Subject: Windows screen readers
Hello, Before I say anything, let me first say that I was a Jaws user for
several years before switching to Window Eyes back in 2004, and I’ve been a
faitful WE user ever since. Why is it that everytime someone can’t use a
certain website or something like I tunes or Netflix the first thing is they
need to fix their website. Why is it that II a person can go to Netflix on an
IOS device and using Voice Over can use netflix with no problem. Now we are
talking about a free built in screen reader as opposed to an $895 and $1195
third party screen readers? I can’t use Netflix on my PC because both Jaws and
Window eyes people have told me it isn’t accessible. However I can go to
Netflix using my I phone or my I Pad Mini and use netflix with the free screen
reader? I mean I don’t get it, support at both Jaws and WE have said it isn’t
accessible and they can’t make their screenreaders work with it, but IOS does???
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