Posted by cwdjrxyz on 10/14/06 07:23

richard wrote:
> "cwdjrxyz" <spamtrap2@cwdjr.info> wrote in message
> news:1160800287.133461.247230@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > nagasaki mike wrote:
> >> i doubt this is the correct place to ask (but id rather ask here than
> >> trust
> >> advertising speil) but, what is a good 'page reader'(?) - or are they all
> >> the same? - to get so i can check my sites accessibility for those who
> >> have
> >> difficulties with their sight? i know that if i code everything correctly
> >> i
> >> shouldnt have a problem, but until i hear something i wont know if i am
> >> coding correctly or not.
> >
> >
> > The latest Opera Browser will read pages in a male or female voice and
> > also take voice commands. You need a microphone to take voice commands,
> > but not to just read the page. The Opera browser requires a fairly
> > large binary download to make these functions work, but it is free. If
> > you want to know exactly how your page sounds to blind users, perhaps
> > some government agency that helps the blind could help you find a blind
> > person who will comment on how your page works when spoken using their
> > special audio equipment.
> >
>
> Have you ever spoken with a blind person?
> I have many times. They can hear and talk just like you and me.
> So what you hear, is what they are going to hear.

Yes, we used to have a blind couple at work. They heard what you and I
hear - perhaps with better concentration because the pay more attention
to sound, touch, etc to compensate for the lack of sight. The poster,
however, has apparently not heard the output of a text to sound device
for his page and thus is not for sure what will be heard by himself or
the blind person. The free Opera translator I mentioned is not perfect,
and I doubt if other devices are either. Thus it is important that
someone hear the page. The Opera device convert a 3l. subheading for a
section to 3 liters! instead of the expected "three l". It of course
had no trouble with 2l. One might want to correct for problems such as
this..

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