This page lists accessibility software that Dreamwidth should be able to interact with.
Screenreaders
Product |
OS |
Notes
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FireVox
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Firefox addon
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JAWS
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Windows
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No demonstration version available for testing, but the most widely used screen reader.
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nVDA
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Windows
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Open source.
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Orca
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Linux/GNOME
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SA to go
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Windows
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Free service.
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supernova
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Windows
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VoiceOver
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Mac OSX
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Window-Eyes
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Windows
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30-minute timed demonstration available for testing.
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Speech-recognition
Other tools
Product |
OS |
Purpose
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Firefox Accessibility Extension
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Firefox addon
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Although very useful for developers, this is also useful for people using adaptive technology, and to give them greater control over what Firefox offers in terms of access keys, etc.
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Mouseless Browsing
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Firefox addon
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Adds numbers next to all links to make them keyboard accessible.
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Webvisum
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Firefox addon
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Makes Firefox more fully functioned for people using screen readers. Automated captcha solving, OCR character recognition of image-only text links so they can be read aloud, and the ability for end-users to label unlabel fields for later read aloud.
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ZoomText
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Windows
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Blows up the text on the screen for people with limited vision.
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