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1. Thanks,
   A great insight into how tricky browsing the web can be if the page isn’t structured in an accessible way.
   I’ll definitely be considering these points on my next project and also taking time to test it out with the screen reader…was it JAWS you used/would recommend for anyone wishing to perform tests.

   p.s. I won’t be turning on the high speed voice setting, in my opinion, that would kill me having to listen to that 8 hours a day :)

   Comment by Carlton — May 15, 2007 #

2. Thanks, For the video, Learned lot of new things.

   Comment by Vamsee — May 15, 2007 #

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5. Thanks for posting this! I’ve always tried to be aware of accessibility issues for the web sites and applications I build, but my knowledge of screen readers is sorely lacking. Even if I haven’t gone and played with screen readers myself, this video and the seminar with Doug Geoffray from GW Micro in March have been very helpful.

   Comment by Rob — May 16, 2007 #

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9. What screen reader was used in the video? That wasn’t a common JAWS voice, I think it’s a local Boston voice over talent. His voice is much easier to listen to then the typical voices. How can we get him on our machines?

   Comment by Mike — May 21, 2007 #

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17. Thank you so much Victor, this has been really insightful.

    Comment by renae — August 20, 2007 #

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20. I know, I know… This is more than a year late but my answers still apply. :)
    1. The screen reader used in this video is JAWS For Windows (although it didn’t have to be).
    2. The voice used is Scansoft’s Realspeak (Tom).

    Comment by Victor Tsaran — December 4, 2008 #

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