To get an idea of how screen readers vocalise content (it also many other features) I would recommend trying adesigner (http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/adesigner)
On 06/12/2007, Jixor - Stephen I <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That said how would it compare for a developer that is making an effort > to correctly mark up their html just to get an impression of how it > would work for a screen reader user? > > Steve Green wrote: > > A year ago I started to evaluate FireVox 2.6 and had a dialog with Charles > > Chen, its creator. At that time there is no way I would describe it as > > "full-fledged screen reader" as it had many shortcomings. I got the > > impression it was really just a hobby project, and Charles said he had > > pretty much abandoned it in order to work on more interesting stuff. I see > > it is now up to version 3.4 so it will be interesting to see how it has > > progressed. > > > > It was certainly usable, but it bears no comparison with a professional > > screen reader like JAWS, which is a far superior product. OK, it should be > > for $1500 but people should not think that they're getting a $1500 product > > for free when they install FireVox. It's more akin to products in the $200 > > price bracket. > > > > One example of the difference is in forms where <label> elements have not > > been used, and let's face it, that's 99% of all forms. JAWS applies > > heuristics to identify the text that is most likely to be the label, and > > associates it with the form control as if a <label> element had been used. 9 > > times out of 10 it gets it right. FireVox does not do this. > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Nick Lo > > Sent: 05 December 2007 04:25 > > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > > Subject: [WSG] Article: "Vocalize Firefox" (text-to-speech extensions for > > Firefox) > > > > I'm wondering if anyone has tried/tested the following potentially useful > > extensions and if so what their opinion was/is: > > > > "Two recently released text-to-speech extensions can transform Firefox into > > a talking Web browser suitable for users with visual impairments -- and > > anyone else who can use a speech interface to the Web. Fire Vox is designed > > to be a full-fledged "screen reader in a browser," usable for daily browsing > > even for unsighted users. CLiCk, Speak provides point-and-click screen > > reading, which can be helpful for partially-sighted users or sighted users > > who have written language difficulties (such as dyslexia)." > > > > http://www.linux.com/feature/122197 > > > > Nick > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG Europe Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org Web Accessibility Toolbar - http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
