[WEB4LIB] Jaws Web Page readers' comments?

[Dan Lester]

At Boise State we use JAWS on one public machine that has earphones on
it.  There is at least one regular user of it, a blind young lady who
comes in with her guide dog frequently.

The same machine also has a scanner and software to read books to her.
This is much better than the old stand-alone Kurzweil we used in the
past.  The software is Ruby Open Book.

I've used both pieces of software and they both work well.  The
synthesized voice is easily understandable.  The book reader has the
easier job, since most books/articles are simply formatted, as opposed
to many web pages. Then we could get into badly designed web pages....

dan

Tuesday, September 3, 2002, 11:38:59 AM, you wrote:

DJ> Hi folks

DJ> Can anyone comment upon the operations of Jaws text to speech conversion 
DJ> application made for use on web pages?

DJ> I am particularly interested in hearing from library staff where this 
DJ> application is in place on a public workstation, and where patrons with 
DJ> visual disabilities actually utilize Jaws.

DJ> Any comments upon Kurzwiel, text to speech conversion (model 1000 or 3000) 
DJ> would be appreciated, although I know the Kurzwiel is not for web page use 
DJ> only, and thus is "off topic" for this list.

DJ> DCJ





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