Okay ... then these are the  questions I should have asked in the first
place:

1) Does anyone know how many people actually use Home Page Reader as
opposed to JAWS, Connect Outloud or Window Eyes? Where might I find
statistics on this?

2) From David Poehlman's response it seems that HPR is comparable to
Connect Outloud. As a web developer, if I test a site in Connect Outloud,
will it likely work in the other voice browsers?

In my experience Netscape and Macintosh are miserable in their
compatibility with accessible technologies. SO I assume people will use the
latest version of IE on a PC, or Lynx.

Thanks for your opinions and experience,

Rosemary Ernst
Web Developer

On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 10:39:14 -0400, David Poehlman <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>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]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 11:23 AM
>Subject: Re: Fw: Call for review: Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility
>
>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