Comments on: Accessibility resources http://jedisthlm.com/2005/01/05/accessibility-resources/ The republic of Jens Wedin (with me as the president) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:05:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jens http://jedisthlm.com/2005/01/05/accessibility-resources/#comment-882 Jens Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:44:12 +0000 http://www.jedisthlm.com/?p=86#comment-882 <p>Thank a lot for your comment Lornokke. IŽll have a look at it. It seems like a great extension for Firebox if it can do all the things you say. Great.</p> Thank a lot for your comment Lornokke. IŽll have a look at it. It seems like a great extension for Firebox if it can do all the things you say. Great.

]]> By: Lornokke http://jedisthlm.com/2005/01/05/accessibility-resources/#comment-881 Lornokke Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:54:23 +0000 http://www.jedisthlm.com/?p=86#comment-881 <p>Actually, there IS a free screen reader for Firefox. It's called Fire Vox and it's available at http://clc-4-tts.cjb.net</p> <p>I've tried it out and it seems to work pretty well. Identifies elements and reads back their content in a way that is similar to JAWS; supports forms by reading back keystrokes; has lists of headings, links, images, forms, etc to make those easier to find for the visually impaired; all in all quite interesting for anyone interested in web accessibility and since it's free and open source, anyone can download it and try it.</p> Actually, there IS a free screen reader for Firefox. It’s called Fire Vox and it’s available at http://clc-4-tts.cjb.net

I’ve tried it out and it seems to work pretty well. Identifies elements and reads back their content in a way that is similar to JAWS; supports forms by reading back keystrokes; has lists of headings, links, images, forms, etc to make those easier to find for the visually impaired; all in all quite interesting for anyone interested in web accessibility and since it’s free and open source, anyone can download it and try it.

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