hpr requires that you use ie. it self voices some other apps as well as
ie but has its limitations. 3.0 is their latest encarnation. you can
still use 2.5 to access netscape but there are some improvements in the
merge with ie that make 3.0 a better fit for *browsing* needs. The
document also stresses that one needs to be trained in using assistive
devices in order to use them to evaluate pages/sites. you can get a
free demo of home page reader by asking at:
http://www-3.ibm.com/able/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rosemary Ernst" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Call for review: Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:50:58 -0400, David Poehlman <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Judy Brewer" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "WAI Interest Group" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 11:41 PM
>Subject: Call for review: Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility
>
>
>Dear WAI Interest Group Members:
>
>W3C/WAI's Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) invites your
>comments
>on the draft WAI Resource "Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility"
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/
>This document provides background on evaluating Web sites for
>accessibility. It describes how to do a "preliminary review," and a
>comprehensive "conformance evaluation," and provides advice on ongoing
>monitoring of Web sites for accessibility.
>
>Please send comments by Wednesday, Oct 31, 2001, to
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>Comment archives are available at
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-eo-editors/
>
>Discussion is also welcome on the WAI Interest Group (WAI IG) mailing
>list
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>WAI IG archives are available at
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>
>"Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility" is one page of the WAI
Resource
>Suite "Customizing a Business Case and Implementation Plan for Web
>Accessibility," currently available in early draft form at:
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/bcase/
> (this latter link is provided for context only at this stage;
>it
>is not ready for comment)
>More information about the Education and Outreach Working Group is
>available at
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/
>
>This message may be circulated to other lists. Please be careful to
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>cross-postings.
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>Thank you in advance for your review,
>
>- Judy
>
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>Judy Brewer [log in to unmask] +1.617.258.9741
>http://www.w3.org/WAI
>Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), World Wide Web Consortium
>(W3C)
>MIT/LCS Room NE43-355, 200 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA, 02139,
>USA
This WAI document suggests the use of IBM's Home Page Reader to as a
voice
browser to use for testing. Has anyone used this product? How does it
compare to JAWS or Window Eyes?
Rosemary Ernst
Web Developer
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