Comments on: Ajax, accessibility and assistive technology http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2006/ajax-accessibility-and-assistive-technology/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kim http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2006/ajax-accessibility-and-assistive-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-670414 Kim Wed, 05 May 2010 16:27:49 +0000 http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/index.php/2006/ajax-accessibility-and-assistiven-technology/#comment-670414 I think this is one situation where I wish Microsoft would include software with their OS to monopolize a market: the screen readers market. MS should destroy the existing screen reader market. They are too expensive an non-standardized. If there was a good quality screen reader included in Windows that recognized standard Javascript events and handled them appropriately, so many people would benefit! And MS would benefit too for the PR. Windows currently has Narrator, but I think even in Windows 7, it does not read web pages...! Am I really right about that? Mac OS has VoiceOver which works with Safari, and I think around 10% of screen reader users use VoiceOver. I think this is one situation where I wish Microsoft would include software with their OS to monopolize a market: the screen readers market. MS should destroy the existing screen reader market. They are too expensive an non-standardized. If there was a good quality screen reader included in Windows that recognized standard Javascript events and handled them appropriately, so many people would benefit! And MS would benefit too for the PR.

Windows currently has Narrator, but I think even in Windows 7, it does not read web pages…! Am I really right about that? Mac OS has VoiceOver which works with Safari, and I think around 10% of screen reader users use VoiceOver.

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]]> By: Lachesis http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2006/ajax-accessibility-and-assistive-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-89326 Lachesis Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:52:30 +0000 http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/index.php/2006/ajax-accessibility-and-assistiven-technology/#comment-89326 Follow up to what bex mentioned earlier: Has anyone else here tried Fire Vox ? I just downloaded the latest incarnation and Fire Vox already supports AJAX live regions that are tagged! I think the Fire Vox guy needs to add support for cases that aren't tagged, but this is still a really good start. Guess it means I should start using tags with my AJAX... Follow up to what bex mentioned earlier:
Has anyone else here tried Fire Vox ?

I just downloaded the latest incarnation and Fire Vox already supports AJAX live regions that are tagged! I think the Fire Vox guy needs to add support for cases that aren’t tagged, but this is still a really good start. Guess it means I should start using tags with my AJAX…

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]]> By: Eric http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2006/ajax-accessibility-and-assistive-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-22592 Eric Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:01:19 +0000 http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/index.php/2006/ajax-accessibility-and-assistiven-technology/#comment-22592 Maybe the accessibility question should be tried in a larger context, in that AJAX is bringing new interactivity to the web. How do visually impaired users use other interactive desktop applications? Maybe the accessibility question should be tried in a larger context, in that AJAX is bringing new interactivity to the web. How do visually impaired users use other interactive desktop applications?

]]> By: Aaron http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2006/ajax-accessibility-and-assistive-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-19125 Aaron Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:55:24 +0000 http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/index.php/2006/ajax-accessibility-and-assistiven-technology/#comment-19125 I have to agree with you on this subject ! I have to agree with you on this subject !

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