Thunder Screen Reader Free

[David Bolter]

Hi Zachariah,

I'm actually looking for a URL to a live web page that has recent 
version of the lightbox and whatever else comes out of Fluid so that I 
can tell the Orca screen reader team about it. They might add it to 
there aria test battery.

cheers,
David

Zachariah Cameron wrote:
>
> Hello David,
>    if you mean a URL for the Thunder software, it is the 
> screenreader.net URL below.
> thanks
> zachariah
>
> David Bolter wrote:
>> Is there a URL we can give to people willing to test trunk Fluid 
>> components?
>>
>> cheers,
>> David
>>
>> Zachariah Cameron wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>     there are at least two factors in play here.  Ones is that 
>>> screen readers are not created equal so that when it comes right 
>>> down to it, testing with the Thunder Screen reader will tell you if 
>>> the site or tool is Accessible using the Thunder Screen reader.  In 
>>> my part of the world, JAWS has a huge part of the market share.  
>>> Anyone experienced in Access Technology will have a general concept 
>>> of a site's Accessibility very shortly after opening the page.  One 
>>> does not really know, however, until one has worked with a site and 
>>> the specific technology.
>>>
>>> We have seen many screen readers some and go over the years. Many of 
>>> us still lament the fact that OS2 and its screen reader never really 
>>> took hold. It is often the case in screen reading software, as in 
>>> other areas of life, that you get what you pay for. On the other 
>>> hand, Thunder has some impressive patronage behind the corporation.
>>>
>>> All of that said, I had not heard of this screen reader and will 
>>> definitely try it out to see how well it works for me.
>>>
>>> I am not sure this is the place to get into an online poll, but if 
>>> list members would like to send me comments regarding screen reader 
>>> usage (send to ability at yorku.ca) I could post a summary of the 
>>> results at a later point. My experience, in a Canadian context, is 
>>> that JAWS has by far the greatest market penetration.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> Zachariah
>>>
>>> Allison Bloodworth wrote:
>>>  
>>>> Has anyone heard of this free screen reader? I'm not sure how much 
>>>> it's like JAWS or Window-Eyes, but if it's similar I wonder if it 
>>>> might be helpful for folks who want to do usability testing with 
>>>> screen readers but aren't able to get actual screen reader user 
>>>> participants (e.g. 
>>>> http://www.webaim.org/articles/screenreader_testing/).
>>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>   
>>>>> Apologies for cross posting with this news but I feel it may be 
>>>>> useful to many folks including those testing websites for 
>>>>> accessibility issues.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thunder screen reader is now free to all organisations and all 
>>>>> individuals
>>>>>
>>>>> and can be downloaded from _http://www.screenreader.net/_   A 
>>>>> useful addition
>>>>>
>>>>> is when it works with WebbIE text browser _http://www.webbie.org.uk/_
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes E.A.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mrs E.A. Draffan
>>>>>
>>>>> Learning Societies Lab,
>>>>>
>>>>> ECS, University of Southampton,
>>>>>
>>>>> Tel +44 (0)23 8059 7246
>>>>>
>>>>> _http://www.lexdis.ecs.soton.ac.uk_
>>>>>
>>>>> _http://www.emptech.info_
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>> Allison Bloodworth
>>>> Senior User Interaction Designer
>>>> Educational Technology Services
>>>> University of California, Berkeley
>>>> (415) 377-8243
>>>> abloodworth at berkeley.edu <mailto:abloodworth at berkeley.edu>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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