You could get demos of screen readers such as Window Eyes and Jaws For
Windows.  These demos may not run long and the system may need to be
rebooted to rerun the demos, but, they may run long enough in a Winsows
session for you to test a web page.

At 01:47 PM 4/18/01 -0400, you wrote:
>The best product for what you want to accomplish is probably IBM's Home
>Page Reader.  You can find details at <http://www.ibm.com/able/hpr>.
>
>You might also want to consider finding some good local resources who can
>test your development with a variety of screen reading and magnifcation
>packages.  Different products handle the web differently and often user
>testing is the best way to discover this information.
>
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>
>
>
>On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Carpenter, Jeannie M. wrote:
>
> >         Hi all.  I'm a web information coordinator for a university and am
> > interested in ordering a low-cost screen reading software program for our
> > web office, that I can install on a regular computer, so that I can
> test out
> > various web pages periodically to get a sense of what people who use screen
> > readers actually experience.  Does anyone have any suggestions or a list
> > handy of recommended screen reading programs that don't cost a fortune?
> >
> >         Thanks in advance.
> >
> >         Jeannie
> >
> >         [log in to unmask]
> >

John

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