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Which screen reader would be best to test site accessibility and how to configure that screen reader to test website (or default screen-reader setting would be ok) and which browser should be used to test accessibility with screen-readers?
Free or commercial...
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If you can only use one screen reader I would pick it with the default ....
I've screen reader at least in the US.
This answer by stating I’m a totally blind individual who uses Jaws as there only screen reader.
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What accessiblity software (screen readers) is for windows that's cheap?
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Have a look CoolReader 2 , not exactly a screen reader wikipedia for Comparison of ....
Narrator which is open source and rapidly developing.
For Windows Vista and above there is screen reader included in basic installation.
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How Screen reader behave with <hr> <b> <i> <big> <small> <br /> ?
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Typically they will ignore tags they're not expecting, read good example of heading usage is the way that google reader gives each headline it's own heading..
Really depends on the screen reader.
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For example, the unicode character "…" or the thing you get in HTML if you use the … entity. How will the various screen readers pronounce this?
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For....
So it depends which category the screen reader puts the ellipses character.
In particular, most screen readers have a number of punctuation settings such as "some", "most", and "all".
On the screen reader.
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My website is designed to meet the accessibility guidelines.
I'm HOPING that this means screen readers should work well with it But I have two questions
Is this a fair assumption to make? Are there any free/cheap screen readers clients I can use to test...
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If you're really serious about accessibility and you have a requirement safe use Window-Eyes and Orca ... .
NVDA is a free option:
NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free and open source screen reader screen reader on Windows.
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I would like a PDF reader that lets me split the screen so I can see two different parts of the same document. Do any exist for Ubuntu?
I do not want a split view that only lets me see two consecutive pages
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Just open.
Running two instances of a pdf reader is not an option?
This is a bit of a strange answer, because Konqueror has a split view, you automatically get a split-viewable PDF reader for free.
Checkbox.
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I'm a web developer, and I want to make the web sites I develop more accessible to those using screen readers. What limitations do screen readers have that I should be most aware of, and what can I do to avoid hitting these limitations.
This question ...
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Doing this, the ....
@Ross
I'm quite aware that the screen reader doesn't actually read the screen, but you.
For correct submission? What's the screen reader doing? Saying "star"?
Below is an example of code media type.
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I've just been working on a page which needs to be accessible to both sighted and visually impaired users. Some elements of the content, just by the nature of relating only to visual elements, simply do not apply to people using screen readers. For example...
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DontRead">Screen readers shouldn't read this</span> .dontRead { speak: none; }
CSS has.
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I am using a CMS for images which is by default not generating alt attributes in image tags unless the alt text is provided.
I can provide an empty space " " into the alt tag to produce :
<img src="../.." alt=" "/>
Would this be a problem with screen...
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Only problem is the....
Using a space shouldn't bring any problems.
You are just pleasing the validator.
It won't validate, but it won't change a thing, it will work exactly the same .
If you are not using an alt text, you can go without the alt attribute .
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I've seen on a couple of sites that they will include a navigation section at the top of their page, with internal links to other parts of the page, so that users with screen readers can quickly jump to the content, menu, footer, etc. This "nav" element...
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It will produce text of whichKeep in mind that screen....
The 2nd option is normally how you make for Firefox called Fangs (in reference to the real screen reader Jaws).
You're already using compatible with the screen reader.
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