Free Webinar: Practical comparison of screen readers, using scenario based user testing.
Sept. 28 at 2 PM Eastern
Presenters: Birkir R. Gunnarsson and Hlynur M. Hreinsson, Iceland National Institute for the Blind, Deafblind and Visually Impaired.
We have yet to find a way to slap a grade on happiness, but in the summer of 2010 we created a set of practical test cases across 7 categories, to help us better match screen readers to our users.
The methodology allows us to meaningfully test and compare screen readers as diverse as:
· Jaws for Windows,
· NVDA,
· Orca,
· Voiceover
By comparing their performance on test cases across multiple categories such as:
· Braille support,
· advanced office applications,
· web browsing,
· instant messaging,
We believe we can better match the least expensive and most appropriate screen reader to each of our users, thus making sure we support and utilize both open source technology and advances in screen reading from Apple. This way we both help our users get the most out of their PCs as well as being able to provide useful feedback to the screen reader manufacturers and developers, if we find one screen reader does something particularly well or is lagging behind. We hope to be able to recruit people to help us expand and update the testing and provide us with feedback.
NOTE: For more information, and to register for the webinar, click on the title above.
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