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Buddy Brannan <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:44:33 -0400
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Hey Martin,

Have you tried the FireVox plugin for Firefox? Supposedly this helps  
with accessibility somewhat, making Firefox self-voicing.
On Mar 10, 2008, at 8:18 PM, Martin McCormick wrote:

> Steve writes:
>> I sure don't understand the need to use Firefox.  I renewed my  
>> license and my
>> wife's license at the FCC site a bit over a year ago.
>
> 	Did you use a Macintosh and safari at the time?
>
> 	That is the issue here. It acted as if it was going to
> work until the submission part and then nothing.
>
> 	Firefox on the Mac apparently makes the Microsoft sites
> happy enough to actually work and, if it had the accessibility
> hoooks in it, it would be the browser of choice for us Mac
> users.
>
> 	I believe the process does work in Windows/JAWS but
> that's not what I use.
>
> 	If you did get it to work under the Mac a year ago, I
> wonder what has changed?
>
> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK
> Systems Engineer
> OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group
>

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