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citation-strawman-01-brainstorming

2008-08-11T06:24:35Z

Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis: /* Support DOI */

== H3988 brainstorming ==

=== Support DOI ===

Support associating [http://www.doi.org/ Digitial Object Identifier (DOI) references] (used by [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v454/n7205/full/454667a.html ''Nature''] for example) with citations.

--[[User:Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis|Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis]] 23:24, 10 Aug 2008 (PDT)

citation-strawman-01-brainstorming

2008-08-11T06:24:11Z

Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis: /* Support DOI */

== H3988 brainstorming ==

=== Support DOI ===

Support associating [http://www.doi.org/ Digitial Object Identifier (DOI) references] (used by [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v454/n7205/full/454667a.html ''Nature''] for example) with citations.
--[[User:Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis|Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis]] 23:24, 10 Aug 2008 (PDT)

citation-strawman-01-brainstorming

2008-08-11T06:23:40Z

Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis:

assistive-technology

2007-07-03T17:40:50Z

Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis: /* Release Notes */

<h1>assistive technology</h1>

This page is for documenting currently known [[accessibility]] assistive technologies (implementations) that are being used in the wild for the purpose of testing any particular microformats and microformats techniques to determine their impact on assistive technologies.

__TOC__

== What to add ==

=== Only accessible assistive technologies ===
Rather than duplicating lists elsewhere on the Web (e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screen_readers Wikipedia's Comparison of screen readers]), please only add assistive technologies that you, or someone you know (such as a user of an assistive technology that you are in touch with) has access to for testing purposes. This will help keep the testing "real world" on an ongoing basis, because if no one has access to an assistive technology, then testing it is an unreasonable (purely theoretical) expectation.

=== Please provide ===
When adding an assistive technology to the list(s) below, please provide:
* Your name / name of person who has access to the assistive technology for testing purposes
* Name of assistive technology
* URL to home page for the technology, and URL(s) to purchase if available
* version number
* when published/released
* estimated number of users if known (even rough estimates are ok), along with date of estimate (ideally with a citation).

=== Note their bugs too ===
In addition, by keep tracking of various different assistive technologies, their versions, their bugs/shortcomings, and any non-standards-compliant behavior, especially when such behavior interferes with microformats on the page, we can focus our efforts on suggesting improvements for them accordingly.

== Screen Readers ==
General marketshare numbers for screen readers:
* 2003 USA: JAWS 65%, GW-Micro Window-Eyes 35%. According to [http://www.redish.net/content/papers/interactions.html a study of screen reader use published in December 2003], a spokesperson for the US National Federation of the Blind estimated that in the USA, JAWS had 65% of the screen reader market and GW-Micro Window-Eyes had 35%; also JAWS was the software most commonly used by U.S. federal workers.

=== JAWS ===
Publisher: Freedom Scientific
Total users as of 2002: [http://web.archive.org/web/20021015235548/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/mswitness/2002/hofstader.asp "There are approximately 80,000 registered users of JAWS"] - Chris Hofstader of Freedom Scientific. Presumably world-wide users of any version of JAWS.

==== Testing possibilities ====
You can download demo versions of JAWS that are limited to run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unfortunately, Freedom Scientific considers testing web standards support in JAWS demos to be a breach of its EULA. Alternative, you could submit a test-case to end users at one of the [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/User_Groups.asp JAWS mailing lists].

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/doc_screenreaders.asp Official manuals].
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/Surfs_Up/_Surfs_Up_Start_Here.htm Official tutorial about surfing the web with JAWS].

==== Extensibility ====
JAWS is scriptable, and some scripts attempt to improve web access, such as Jamal Mazrui's [http://www.freelists.org/archives/guispeak/04-2007/msg00010.html HomerKit].

==== Release notes ====
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws80fea.asp JAWS 8] (November 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws710fea.asp JAWS 7.10] (June 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws70fea.asp JAWS 7] (October 2005). Perhaps the most commonly used version of JAWS).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws620fea.asp JAWS 6.2]. Seemingly the [http://www.kanhan.com/jaws/ last version of JAWS adapted for use in China] (see also [http://www.kanhan.com/webpage/eng/E_news.php?news=51 English summary]).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws610fea.asp JAWS 6.1].
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws60intro.asp JAWS 6] (2005). Many JAWS-related mailing list correspondents use a version of 6.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws510intro.asp JAWS 5.1] (2004).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws5intro.asp JAWS 5] (2004). A few correspondents use 5 or earlier.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/DL_JAWS451.asp JAWS 4.51] This is the earliest version recently spotted on JAWS-related mailing lists.

=== GW Micro Window-Eyes ===

==== Test possibilities ====
Volunteer testers: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis (webdev not user).

Like Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Demo/ GW-Micro offer an otherwise fully-functional demo] of their latest release which can only be run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unlike Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/ GW-Micro encourage developers to test with the demo]. You can also download the demo for an earlier version, 5.5, from [http://www.beyondsight.com/demo.htm Beyond Sight].

Alternatively, you could submit a test-case to one of the [http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Email_Lists/ Window-Eyes users' mailing lists], as [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ suggested by GW-Micro themselves].

==== Extensibility ====
Window-Eyes "set files" map functionality to applications.

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Manual/HTML/ Official manual].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1040 Window-Eyes and Firefox Extensions].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1044 Window-Eyes and ActiveX].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Audio_Video_Archive/Window-Eyes_Tutorials/ MP3 tutorials].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ Information for web developers].

==== Release Notes ====

* [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Version_History/ Release notes for most versions].

=== MicroPower Virtual Vision ===
Brazilian screen reader.

==== Userbase ====
The [http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/vv-l/ Yahoo! Group devoted to Virtual Vision] has 226 members (as of 2007-05-01).

==== Testing possibilites ====
Submit a testcase to the [http://www.micropower.com.br/v3/pt/acessibilidade/lista.asp Virtual Vision mailing list].

==== Release notes ====
*[http://www.micropower.com.br/v3/pt/acessibilidade/vv5/index.asp Virtual Vision 5.5]

=== PC-Talker ===
Japanese screen reader.

==== Userbase ====
Along with 95 Reader, PC-Talker is more commonly used than the Japanese edition of JAWS, according to [http://www.w4a.info/2006/prog/6-watanabe.pdf Takayuki Watanabe and Masahiro Umegaki, Capability Survey of Japanese User Agents and Its Impact on Web Accessibility (2006) (PDF)].

==== Test possibilities ====
Probably the best bet would be to contact Watanabe.

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.aok-net.com/products/pctalker.htm Kochi System Development PC-Talker]

=== 95 Reader ===
Japanese screen reader.

==== Userbase ====
Along with PC-Talker, 95 Reader is more commonly used than the Japanese edition of JAWS, according to [http://www.w4a.info/2006/prog/6-watanabe.pdf Takayuki Watanabe and Masahiro Umegaki, Capability Survey of Japanese User Agents and Its Impact on Web Accessibility (2006) (PDF)].

==== Test possibilities ====
Probably the best bet would be to contact Watanabe.

==== Documentation ====
* [http://www.ssct.co.jp/barrierfree/95reader/ 95 Reader]

== See Also ==
* [[accessibility]]
* [[assistive-technology-abbr-results]]

assistive-technology

2007-05-08T22:44:34Z

Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis: /* Test possibilities */

<h1>assistive technology</h1>

This page is for documenting currently known [[accessibility]] assistive technologies (implementations) that are being used in the wild for the purpose of testing any particular microformats and microformats techniques to determine their impact on assistive technologies.

__TOC__

== What to add ==

=== Only accessible assistive technologies ===
Rather than duplicating lists elsewhere on the Web (e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screen_readers Wikipedia's Comparison of screen readers]), please only add assistive technologies that you, or someone you know (such as a user of an assistive technology that you are in touch with) has access to for testing purposes. This will help keep the testing "real world" on an ongoing basis, because if no one has access to an assistive technology, then testing it is an unreasonable (purely theoretical) expectation.

=== Please provide ===
When adding an assistive technology to the list(s) below, please provide:
* Your name / name of person who has access to the assistive technology for testing purposes
* Name of assistive technology
* URL to home page for the technology, and URL(s) to purchase if available
* version number
* when published/released
* estimated number of users if known (even rough estimates are ok), along with date of estimate (ideally with a citation).

=== Note their bugs too ===
In addition, by keep tracking of various different assistive technologies, their versions, their bugs/shortcomings, and any non-standards-compliant behavior, especially when such behavior interferes with microformats on the page, we can focus our efforts on suggesting improvements for them accordingly.

== Screen Readers ==
General marketshare numbers for screen readers:
* 2003 USA: JAWS 65%, GW-Micro Window-Eyes 35%. According to [http://www.redish.net/content/papers/interactions.html a study of screen reader use published in December 2003], a spokesperson for the US National Federation of the Blind estimated that in the USA, JAWS had 65% of the screen reader market and GW-Micro Window-Eyes had 35%; also JAWS was the software most commonly used by U.S. federal workers.

=== JAWS ===
Publisher: Freedom Scientific
Total users as of 2002: [http://web.archive.org/web/20021015235548/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/mswitness/2002/hofstader.asp "There are approximately 80,000 registered users of JAWS"] - Chris Hofstader of Freedom Scientific. Presumably world-wide users of any version of JAWS.

==== Testing possibilities ====
You can download demo versions of JAWS that are limited to run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unfortunately, Freedom Scientific considers testing web standards support in JAWS demos to be a breach of its EULA. Alternative, you could submit a test-case to end users at one of the [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/User_Groups.asp JAWS mailing lists].

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/doc_screenreaders.asp Official manuals].
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/Surfs_Up/_Surfs_Up_Start_Here.htm Official tutorial about surfing the web with JAWS].

==== Extensibility ====
JAWS is scriptable, and some scripts attempt to improve web access, such as Jamal Mazrui's [http://www.freelists.org/archives/guispeak/04-2007/msg00010.html HomerKit].

==== Release notes ====
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws80fea.asp JAWS 8] (November 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws710fea.asp JAWS 7.10] (June 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws70fea.asp JAWS 7] (October 2005). Perhaps the most commonly used version of JAWS).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws620fea.asp JAWS 6.2]. Seemingly the [http://www.kanhan.com/jaws/ last version of JAWS adapted for use in China] (see also [http://www.kanhan.com/webpage/eng/E_news.php?news=51 English summary]).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws610fea.asp JAWS 6.1].
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws60intro.asp JAWS 6] (2005). Many JAWS-related mailing list correspondents use a version of 6.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws510intro.asp JAWS 5.1] (2004).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws5intro.asp JAWS 5] (2004). A few correspondents use 5 or earlier.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/DL_JAWS451.asp JAWS 4.51] This is the earliest version recently spotted on JAWS-related mailing lists.

=== GW Micro Window-Eyes ===

==== Test possibilities ====
Volunteer testers: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis (webdev not user).

Like Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Demo/ GW-Micro offer an otherwise fully-functional demo] of their latest release which can only be run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unlike Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/ GW-Micro encourage developers to test with the demo]. You can also download the demo for an earlier version, 5.5, from [http://www.beyondsight.com/demo.htm Beyond Sight].

Alternatively, you could submit a test-case to one of the [http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Email_Lists/ Window-Eyes users' mailing lists], as [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ suggested by GW-Micro themselves].

==== Extensibility ====
Window-Eyes "set files" map functionality to applications.

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Manual/HTML/ Official manual].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1040 Window-Eyes and Firefox Extensions].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1044 Window-Eyes and ActiveX].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Audio_Video_Archive/Window-Eyes_Tutorials/ MP3 tutorials].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ Information for web developers].

==== Release Notes ====
Unfortunately, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Version_History/ GW-Micro don't yet make it easy to access earlier release notes].

*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Latest_Features/ Window-Eyes 6.1] (2007).
*Window-Eyes 6.0 ?
*Window-Eyes 5.5 ?
*[http://www.webcitation.org/5OUre1bW4 Window-Eyes 5.0]

=== MicroPower Virtual Vision ===
Brazilian screen reader.

==== Userbase ====
The [http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/vv-l/ Yahoo! Group devoted to Virtual Vision] has 226 members (as of 2007-05-01).

==== Testing possibilites ====
Submit a testcase to the [http://www.micropower.com.br/v3/pt/acessibilidade/lista.asp Virtual Vision mailing list].

==== Release notes ====
*[http://www.micropower.com.br/v3/pt/acessibilidade/vv5/index.asp Virtual Vision 5.5]

=== PC-Talker ===
Japanese screen reader.

==== Userbase ====
Along with 95 Reader, PC-Talker is more commonly used than the Japanese edition of JAWS, according to [http://www.w4a.info/2006/prog/6-watanabe.pdf Takayuki Watanabe and Masahiro Umegaki, Capability Survey of Japanese User Agents and Its Impact on Web Accessibility (2006) (PDF)].

==== Test possibilities ====
Probably the best bet would be to contact Watanabe.

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.aok-net.com/products/pctalker.htm Kochi System Development PC-Talker]

=== 95 Reader ===
Japanese screen reader.

==== Userbase ====
Along with PC-Talker, 95 Reader is more commonly used than the Japanese edition of JAWS, according to [http://www.w4a.info/2006/prog/6-watanabe.pdf Takayuki Watanabe and Masahiro Umegaki, Capability Survey of Japanese User Agents and Its Impact on Web Accessibility (2006) (PDF)].

==== Test possibilities ====
Probably the best bet would be to contact Watanabe.

==== Documentation ====
* [http://www.ssct.co.jp/barrierfree/95reader/ 95 Reader]

== See Also ==
* [[accessibility]]
* [[assistive-technology-abbr-results]]

assistive-technology

2007-05-06T10:55:23Z

Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis:

<h1>assistive technology</h1>

This page is for documenting currently known [[accessibility]] assistive technologies (implementations) that are being used in the wild for the purpose of testing any particular microformats and microformats techniques to determine their impact on assistive technologies.

__TOC__

== What to add ==

=== Only accessible assistive technologies ===
Rather than duplicating lists elsewhere on the Web (e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screen_readers Wikipedia's Comparison of screen readers]), please only add assistive technologies that you, or someone you know (such as a user of an assistive technology that you are in touch with) has access to for testing purposes. This will help keep the testing "real world" on an ongoing basis, because if no one has access to an assistive technology, then testing it is an unreasonable (purely theoretical) expectation.

=== Please provide ===
When adding an assistive technology to the list(s) below, please provide:
* Your name / name of person who has access to the assistive technology for testing purposes
* Name of assistive technology
* URL to home page for the technology, and URL(s) to purchase if available
* version number
* when published/released
* estimated number of users if known (even rough estimates are ok), along with date of estimate (ideally with a citation).

=== Note their bugs too ===
In addition, by keep tracking of various different assistive technologies, their versions, their bugs/shortcomings, and any non-standards-compliant behavior, especially when such behavior interferes with microformats on the page, we can focus our efforts on suggesting improvements for them accordingly.

== Screen Readers ==
General marketshare numbers for screen readers:
* 2003 USA: JAWS 65%, GW-Micro Window-Eyes 35%. According to [http://www.redish.net/content/papers/interactions.html a study of screen reader use published in December 2003], a spokesperson for the US National Federation of the Blind estimated that in the USA, JAWS had 65% of the screen reader market and GW-Micro Window-Eyes had 35%; also JAWS was the software most commonly used by U.S. federal workers.

=== JAWS ===
Publisher: Freedom Scientific
Total users as of 2002: [http://web.archive.org/web/20021015235548/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/mswitness/2002/hofstader.asp "There are approximately 80,000 registered users of JAWS"] - Chris Hofstader of Freedom Scientific. Presumably world-wide users of any version of JAWS.

==== Testing possibilities ====
You can download demo versions of JAWS that are limited to run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unfortunately, Freedom Scientific considers testing web standards support in JAWS demos to be a breach of its EULA. Alternative, you could submit a test-case to end users at one of the [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/User_Groups.asp JAWS mailing lists].

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/doc_screenreaders.asp Official manuals].
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/Surfs_Up/_Surfs_Up_Start_Here.htm Official tutorial about surfing the web with JAWS].

==== Extensibility ====
JAWS is scriptable, and some scripts attempt to improve web access, such as Jamal Mazrui's [http://www.freelists.org/archives/guispeak/04-2007/msg00010.html HomerKit].

==== Release notes ====
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws80fea.asp JAWS 8] (November 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws710fea.asp JAWS 7.10] (June 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws70fea.asp JAWS 7] (October 2005). Perhaps the most commonly used version of JAWS).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws620fea.asp JAWS 6.2]. Seemingly the [http://www.kanhan.com/jaws/ last version of JAWS adapted for use in China] (see also [http://www.kanhan.com/webpage/eng/E_news.php?news=51 English summary]).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws610fea.asp JAWS 6.1].
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws60intro.asp JAWS 6] (2005). Many JAWS-related mailing list correspondents use a version of 6.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws510intro.asp JAWS 5.1] (2004).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws5intro.asp JAWS 5] (2004). A few correspondents use 5 or earlier.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/DL_JAWS451.asp JAWS 4.51] This is the earliest version recently spotted on JAWS-related mailing lists.

=== GW Micro Window-Eyes ===

==== Test possibilities ====
Volunteer testers: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis (webdev not user).

Like Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Demo/ GW-Micro offer an otherwise fully-functional demo] of their latest release which can only be run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unlike Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/ GW-Micro encourage developers to test with the demo].

Alternatively, you could submit a test-case to one of the [http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Email_Lists/ Window-Eyes users' mailing lists], as [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ suggested by GW-Micro themselves].

==== Extensibility ====
Window-Eyes "set files" map functionality to applications.

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Manual/HTML/ Official manual].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1040 Window-Eyes and Firefox Extensions].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1044 Window-Eyes and ActiveX].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Audio_Video_Archive/Window-Eyes_Tutorials/ MP3 tutorials].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ Information for web developers].

==== Release Notes ====
Unfortunately, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Version_History/ GW-Micro don't yet make it easy to access earlier release notes].

*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Latest_Features/ Window-Eyes 6.1] (2007).
*Window-Eyes 6.0 ?
*Window-Eyes 5.5 ?
*[http://www.webcitation.org/5OUre1bW4 Window-Eyes 5.0]

=== MicroPower Virtual Vision ===
Brazilian screen reader.

==== Userbase ====
The [http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/vv-l/ Yahoo! Group devoted to Virtual Vision] has 226 members (as of 2007-05-01).

==== Testing possibilites ====
Submit a testcase to the [http://www.micropower.com.br/v3/pt/acessibilidade/lista.asp Virtual Vision mailing list].

==== Release notes ====
*[http://www.micropower.com.br/v3/pt/acessibilidade/vv5/index.asp Virtual Vision 5.5]

=== [http://www.aok-net.com/products/pctalker.htm Kochi System Development PC-Talker] ===
Japanese screen reader.

==== Userbase ====
Along with 95 Reader, PC-Talker is more commonly used than the Japanese edition of JAWS, according to [http://www.w4a.info/2006/prog/6-watanabe.pdf Takayuki Watanabe and Masahiro Umegaki, Capability Survey of Japanese User Agents and Its Impact on Web Accessibility (2006) (PDF)].

==== Testing possibilities ====
Probably the best bet would be to contact Watanabe.

=== [http://www.ssct.co.jp/barrierfree/95reader/ 95 Reader] ===
Japanese screen reader.

==== Userbase ====
Along with PC-Talker, 95 Reader is more commonly used than the Japanese edition of JAWS, according to [http://www.w4a.info/2006/prog/6-watanabe.pdf Takayuki Watanabe and Masahiro Umegaki, Capability Survey of Japanese User Agents and Its Impact on Web Accessibility (2006) (PDF)].

==== Testing possibilities ====
Probably the best bet would be to contact Watanabe.

== See Also ==
* [[accessibility]]
* [[assistive-technology-abbr-results]]

assistive-technology

2007-04-30T23:30:04Z

Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis: /* Release notes */

<h1>assistive technology</h1>

This page is for documenting currently known [[accessibility]] assistive technologies (implementations) that are being used in the wild for the purpose of testing any particular microformats and microformats techniques to determine their impact on assistive technologies.

__TOC__

== What to add ==

=== Only accessible assistive technologies ===
Rather than duplicating lists elsewhere on the Web (e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screen_readers Wikipedia's Comparison of screen readers]), please only add assistive technologies that you, or someone you know (such as a user of an assistive technology that you are in touch with) has access to for testing purposes. This will help keep the testing "real world" on an ongoing basis, because if no one has access to an assistive technology, then testing it is an unreasonable (purely theoretical) expectation.

=== Please provide ===
When adding an assistive technology to the list(s) below, please provide:
* Your name / name of person who has access to the assistive technology for testing purposes
* Name of assistive technology
* URL to home page for the technology, and URL(s) to purchase if available
* version number
* when published/released
* estimated number of users if known (even rough estimates are ok), along with date of estimate (ideally with a citation).

=== Note their bugs too ===
In addition, by keep tracking of various different assistive technologies, their versions, their bugs/shortcomings, and any non-standards-compliant behavior, especially when such behavior interferes with microformats on the page, we can focus our efforts on suggesting improvements for them accordingly.

== Screen Readers ==
General marketshare numbers for screen readers:
* 2003 USA: JAWS 65%, GW-Micro Window-Eyes 35%. According to [http://www.redish.net/content/papers/interactions.html a study of screen reader use published in December 2003], a spokesperson for the US National Federation of the Blind estimated that in the USA, JAWS had 65% of the screen reader market and GW-Micro Window-Eyes had 35%; also JAWS was the software most commonly used by U.S. federal workers.

=== JAWS ===
Publisher: Freedom Scientific
Total users as of 2002: [http://web.archive.org/web/20021015235548/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/mswitness/2002/hofstader.asp "There are approximately 80,000 registered users of JAWS"] - Chris Hofstader of Freedom Scientific. Presumably world-wide users of any version of JAWS.

==== Testing possibilities ====
You can download demo versions of JAWS that are limited to run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unfortunately, Freedom Scientific considers testing web standards support in JAWS demos to be a breach of its EULA. Alternative, you could submit a test-case to end users at one of the [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/User_Groups.asp JAWS mailing lists].

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/doc_screenreaders.asp Official manuals].
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/Surfs_Up/_Surfs_Up_Start_Here.htm Official tutorial about surfing the web with JAWS].

==== Extensibility ====
JAWS is scriptable, and some scripts attempt to improve web access, such as Jamal Mazrui's [http://www.freelists.org/archives/guispeak/04-2007/msg00010.html HomerKit].

==== Release notes ====
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws80fea.asp JAWS 8] (November 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws710fea.asp JAWS 7.10] (June 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws70fea.asp JAWS 7] (October 2005). Perhaps the most commonly used version of JAWS).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws620fea.asp JAWS 6.2]. Seemingly the [http://www.kanhan.com/jaws/ last version of JAWS adapted for use in China] (see also [http://www.kanhan.com/webpage/eng/E_news.php?news=51 English summary]).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws610fea.asp JAWS 6.1].
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws60intro.asp JAWS 6] (2005). Many JAWS-related mailing list correspondents use a version of 6.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws510intro.asp JAWS 5.1] (2004).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws5intro.asp JAWS 5] (2004). A few correspondents use 5 or earlier.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/DL_JAWS451.asp JAWS 4.51] This is the earliest version recently spotted on JAWS-related mailing lists.

=== GW Micro Window-Eyes ===

==== Test possibilities ====
Volunteer testers: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis (webdev not user).

Like Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Demo/ GW-Micro offer an otherwise fully-functional demo] of their latest release which can only be run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unlike Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/ GW-Micro encourage developers to test with the demo].

Alternatively, you could submit a test-case to one of the [http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Email_Lists/ Window-Eyes users' mailing lists], as [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ suggested by GW-Micro themselves].

==== Extensibility ====
Window-Eyes "set files" map functionality to applications.

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Manual/HTML/ Official manual].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1040 Window-Eyes and Firefox Extensions].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1044 Window-Eyes and ActiveX].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Audio_Video_Archive/Window-Eyes_Tutorials/ MP3 tutorials].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ Information for web developers].

==== Release Notes ====
Unfortunately, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Version_History/ GW-Micro don't yet make it easy to access earlier release notes].

*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Latest_Features/ Window-Eyes 6.1] (2007).
*Window-Eyes 6.0 ?
*Window-Eyes 5.5 ?
*[http://www.webcitation.org/5OUre1bW4 Window-Eyes 5.0]

=== MicroPower Virtual Vision ===
Brazilian screen reader.

==== Userbase ====
The [http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/vv-l/ Yahoo! Group devoted to Virtual Vision] has 226 members (as of 2007-05-01).

==== Testing possibilites ====
Submit a testcase to the [http://www.micropower.com.br/v3/pt/acessibilidade/lista.asp Virtual Vision mailing list].

==== Release notes ====
*[http://www.micropower.com.br/v3/pt/acessibilidade/vv5/index.asp Virtual Vision 5.5]

== See Also ==
* [[accessibility]]
* [[assistive-technology-abbr-results]]

assistive-technology

2007-04-30T23:28:07Z

Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis: /* MicroPower Virtual Vision */

<h1>assistive technology</h1>

This page is for documenting currently known [[accessibility]] assistive technologies (implementations) that are being used in the wild for the purpose of testing any particular microformats and microformats techniques to determine their impact on assistive technologies.

__TOC__

== What to add ==

=== Only accessible assistive technologies ===
Rather than duplicating lists elsewhere on the Web (e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screen_readers Wikipedia's Comparison of screen readers]), please only add assistive technologies that you, or someone you know (such as a user of an assistive technology that you are in touch with) has access to for testing purposes. This will help keep the testing "real world" on an ongoing basis, because if no one has access to an assistive technology, then testing it is an unreasonable (purely theoretical) expectation.

=== Please provide ===
When adding an assistive technology to the list(s) below, please provide:
* Your name / name of person who has access to the assistive technology for testing purposes
* Name of assistive technology
* URL to home page for the technology, and URL(s) to purchase if available
* version number
* when published/released
* estimated number of users if known (even rough estimates are ok), along with date of estimate (ideally with a citation).

=== Note their bugs too ===
In addition, by keep tracking of various different assistive technologies, their versions, their bugs/shortcomings, and any non-standards-compliant behavior, especially when such behavior interferes with microformats on the page, we can focus our efforts on suggesting improvements for them accordingly.

== Screen Readers ==
General marketshare numbers for screen readers:
* 2003 USA: JAWS 65%, GW-Micro Window-Eyes 35%. According to [http://www.redish.net/content/papers/interactions.html a study of screen reader use published in December 2003], a spokesperson for the US National Federation of the Blind estimated that in the USA, JAWS had 65% of the screen reader market and GW-Micro Window-Eyes had 35%; also JAWS was the software most commonly used by U.S. federal workers.

=== JAWS ===
Publisher: Freedom Scientific
Total users as of 2002: [http://web.archive.org/web/20021015235548/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/mswitness/2002/hofstader.asp "There are approximately 80,000 registered users of JAWS"] - Chris Hofstader of Freedom Scientific. Presumably world-wide users of any version of JAWS.

==== Testing possibilities ====
You can download demo versions of JAWS that are limited to run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unfortunately, Freedom Scientific considers testing web standards support in JAWS demos to be a breach of its EULA. Alternative, you could submit a test-case to end users at one of the [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/User_Groups.asp JAWS mailing lists].

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/doc_screenreaders.asp Official manuals].
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/Surfs_Up/_Surfs_Up_Start_Here.htm Official tutorial about surfing the web with JAWS].

==== Extensibility ====
JAWS is scriptable, and some scripts attempt to improve web access, such as Jamal Mazrui's [http://www.freelists.org/archives/guispeak/04-2007/msg00010.html HomerKit].

==== Release notes ====
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws80fea.asp JAWS 8] (November 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws710fea.asp JAWS 7.10] (June 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws70fea.asp JAWS 7] (October 2005). Perhaps the most commonly used version of JAWS).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws620fea.asp JAWS 6.2].
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws610fea.asp JAWS 6.1].
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws60intro.asp JAWS 6] (2005). Many JAWS-related mailing list correspondents use a version of 6.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws510intro.asp JAWS 5.1] (2004).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws5intro.asp JAWS 5] (2004). A few correspondents use 5 or earlier.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/DL_JAWS451.asp JAWS 4.51] This is the earliest version recently spotted on JAWS-related mailing lists.

=== GW Micro Window-Eyes ===

==== Test possibilities ====
Volunteer testers: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis (webdev not user).

Like Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Demo/ GW-Micro offer an otherwise fully-functional demo] of their latest release which can only be run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unlike Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/ GW-Micro encourage developers to test with the demo].

Alternatively, you could submit a test-case to one of the [http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Email_Lists/ Window-Eyes users' mailing lists], as [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ suggested by GW-Micro themselves].

==== Extensibility ====
Window-Eyes "set files" map functionality to applications.

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Manual/HTML/ Official manual].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1040 Window-Eyes and Firefox Extensions].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1044 Window-Eyes and ActiveX].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Audio_Video_Archive/Window-Eyes_Tutorials/ MP3 tutorials].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ Information for web developers].

==== Release Notes ====
Unfortunately, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Version_History/ GW-Micro don't yet make it easy to access earlier release notes].

*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Latest_Features/ Window-Eyes 6.1] (2007).
*Window-Eyes 6.0 ?
*Window-Eyes 5.5 ?
*[http://www.webcitation.org/5OUre1bW4 Window-Eyes 5.0]

=== MicroPower Virtual Vision ===
Brazilian screen reader.

==== Userbase ====
The [http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/vv-l/ Yahoo! Group devoted to Virtual Vision] has 226 members (as of 2007-05-01).

==== Testing possibilites ====
Submit a testcase to the [http://www.micropower.com.br/v3/pt/acessibilidade/lista.asp Virtual Vision mailing list].

==== Release notes ====
*[http://www.micropower.com.br/v3/pt/acessibilidade/vv5/index.asp Virtual Vision 5.5]

== See Also ==
* [[accessibility]]
* [[assistive-technology-abbr-results]]

assistive-technology

2007-04-30T22:50:29Z

Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis: /* Testing possibilites */

<h1>assistive technology</h1>

This page is for documenting currently known [[accessibility]] assistive technologies (implementations) that are being used in the wild for the purpose of testing any particular microformats and microformats techniques to determine their impact on assistive technologies.

__TOC__

== What to add ==

=== Only accessible assistive technologies ===
Rather than duplicating lists elsewhere on the Web (e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screen_readers Wikipedia's Comparison of screen readers]), please only add assistive technologies that you, or someone you know (such as a user of an assistive technology that you are in touch with) has access to for testing purposes. This will help keep the testing "real world" on an ongoing basis, because if no one has access to an assistive technology, then testing it is an unreasonable (purely theoretical) expectation.

=== Please provide ===
When adding an assistive technology to the list(s) below, please provide:
* Your name / name of person who has access to the assistive technology for testing purposes
* Name of assistive technology
* URL to home page for the technology, and URL(s) to purchase if available
* version number
* when published/released
* estimated number of users if known (even rough estimates are ok), along with date of estimate (ideally with a citation).

=== Note their bugs too ===
In addition, by keep tracking of various different assistive technologies, their versions, their bugs/shortcomings, and any non-standards-compliant behavior, especially when such behavior interferes with microformats on the page, we can focus our efforts on suggesting improvements for them accordingly.

== Screen Readers ==
General marketshare numbers for screen readers:
* 2003 USA: JAWS 65%, GW-Micro Window-Eyes 35%. According to [http://www.redish.net/content/papers/interactions.html a study of screen reader use published in December 2003], a spokesperson for the US National Federation of the Blind estimated that in the USA, JAWS had 65% of the screen reader market and GW-Micro Window-Eyes had 35%; also JAWS was the software most commonly used by U.S. federal workers.

=== JAWS ===
Publisher: Freedom Scientific
Total users as of 2002: [http://web.archive.org/web/20021015235548/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/mswitness/2002/hofstader.asp "There are approximately 80,000 registered users of JAWS"] - Chris Hofstader of Freedom Scientific. Presumably world-wide users of any version of JAWS.

==== Testing possibilities ====
You can download demo versions of JAWS that are limited to run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unfortunately, Freedom Scientific considers testing web standards support in JAWS demos to be a breach of its EULA. Alternative, you could submit a test-case to end users at one of the [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/User_Groups.asp JAWS mailing lists].

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/doc_screenreaders.asp Official manuals].
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/Surfs_Up/_Surfs_Up_Start_Here.htm Official tutorial about surfing the web with JAWS].

==== Extensibility ====
JAWS is scriptable, and some scripts attempt to improve web access, such as Jamal Mazrui's [http://www.freelists.org/archives/guispeak/04-2007/msg00010.html HomerKit].

==== Release notes ====
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws80fea.asp JAWS 8] (November 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws710fea.asp JAWS 7.10] (June 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws70fea.asp JAWS 7] (October 2005). Perhaps the most commonly used version of JAWS).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws620fea.asp JAWS 6.2].
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws610fea.asp JAWS 6.1].
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws60intro.asp JAWS 6] (2005). Many JAWS-related mailing list correspondents use a version of 6.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws510intro.asp JAWS 5.1] (2004).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws5intro.asp JAWS 5] (2004). A few correspondents use 5 or earlier.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/DL_JAWS451.asp JAWS 4.51] This is the earliest version recently spotted on JAWS-related mailing lists.

=== GW Micro Window-Eyes ===

==== Test possibilities ====
Volunteer testers: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis (webdev not user).

Like Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Demo/ GW-Micro offer an otherwise fully-functional demo] of their latest release which can only be run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unlike Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/ GW-Micro encourage developers to test with the demo].

Alternatively, you could submit a test-case to one of the [http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Email_Lists/ Window-Eyes users' mailing lists], as [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ suggested by GW-Micro themselves].

==== Extensibility ====
Window-Eyes "set files" map functionality to applications.

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Manual/HTML/ Official manual].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1040 Window-Eyes and Firefox Extensions].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1044 Window-Eyes and ActiveX].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Audio_Video_Archive/Window-Eyes_Tutorials/ MP3 tutorials].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ Information for web developers].

==== Release Notes ====
Unfortunately, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Version_History/ GW-Micro don't yet make it easy to access earlier release notes].

*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Latest_Features/ Window-Eyes 6.1] (2007).
*Window-Eyes 6.0 ?
*Window-Eyes 5.5 ?
*[http://www.webcitation.org/5OUre1bW4 Window-Eyes 5.0]

=== MicroPower Virtual Vision ===
Brazilian screen reader.

==== Testing possibilites ====
Submit a testcase to the [http://www.micropower.com.br/v3/pt/acessibilidade/lista.asp Virtual Vision mailing list].

==== Release notes ====
*[http://www.micropower.com.br/v3/pt/acessibilidade/vv5/index.asp Virtual Vision 5.5]

== See Also ==
* [[accessibility]]
* [[assistive-technology-abbr-results]]

assistive-technology

2007-04-30T22:50:07Z

Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis: /* MicroPower Virtual Vision */

<h1>assistive technology</h1>

This page is for documenting currently known [[accessibility]] assistive technologies (implementations) that are being used in the wild for the purpose of testing any particular microformats and microformats techniques to determine their impact on assistive technologies.

__TOC__

== What to add ==

=== Only accessible assistive technologies ===
Rather than duplicating lists elsewhere on the Web (e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screen_readers Wikipedia's Comparison of screen readers]), please only add assistive technologies that you, or someone you know (such as a user of an assistive technology that you are in touch with) has access to for testing purposes. This will help keep the testing "real world" on an ongoing basis, because if no one has access to an assistive technology, then testing it is an unreasonable (purely theoretical) expectation.

=== Please provide ===
When adding an assistive technology to the list(s) below, please provide:
* Your name / name of person who has access to the assistive technology for testing purposes
* Name of assistive technology
* URL to home page for the technology, and URL(s) to purchase if available
* version number
* when published/released
* estimated number of users if known (even rough estimates are ok), along with date of estimate (ideally with a citation).

=== Note their bugs too ===
In addition, by keep tracking of various different assistive technologies, their versions, their bugs/shortcomings, and any non-standards-compliant behavior, especially when such behavior interferes with microformats on the page, we can focus our efforts on suggesting improvements for them accordingly.

== Screen Readers ==
General marketshare numbers for screen readers:
* 2003 USA: JAWS 65%, GW-Micro Window-Eyes 35%. According to [http://www.redish.net/content/papers/interactions.html a study of screen reader use published in December 2003], a spokesperson for the US National Federation of the Blind estimated that in the USA, JAWS had 65% of the screen reader market and GW-Micro Window-Eyes had 35%; also JAWS was the software most commonly used by U.S. federal workers.

=== JAWS ===
Publisher: Freedom Scientific
Total users as of 2002: [http://web.archive.org/web/20021015235548/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/mswitness/2002/hofstader.asp "There are approximately 80,000 registered users of JAWS"] - Chris Hofstader of Freedom Scientific. Presumably world-wide users of any version of JAWS.

==== Testing possibilities ====
You can download demo versions of JAWS that are limited to run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unfortunately, Freedom Scientific considers testing web standards support in JAWS demos to be a breach of its EULA. Alternative, you could submit a test-case to end users at one of the [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/User_Groups.asp JAWS mailing lists].

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/doc_screenreaders.asp Official manuals].
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/Surfs_Up/_Surfs_Up_Start_Here.htm Official tutorial about surfing the web with JAWS].

==== Extensibility ====
JAWS is scriptable, and some scripts attempt to improve web access, such as Jamal Mazrui's [http://www.freelists.org/archives/guispeak/04-2007/msg00010.html HomerKit].

==== Release notes ====
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws80fea.asp JAWS 8] (November 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws710fea.asp JAWS 7.10] (June 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws70fea.asp JAWS 7] (October 2005). Perhaps the most commonly used version of JAWS).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws620fea.asp JAWS 6.2].
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws610fea.asp JAWS 6.1].
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws60intro.asp JAWS 6] (2005). Many JAWS-related mailing list correspondents use a version of 6.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws510intro.asp JAWS 5.1] (2004).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws5intro.asp JAWS 5] (2004). A few correspondents use 5 or earlier.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/DL_JAWS451.asp JAWS 4.51] This is the earliest version recently spotted on JAWS-related mailing lists.

=== GW Micro Window-Eyes ===

==== Test possibilities ====
Volunteer testers: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis (webdev not user).

Like Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Demo/ GW-Micro offer an otherwise fully-functional demo] of their latest release which can only be run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unlike Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/ GW-Micro encourage developers to test with the demo].

Alternatively, you could submit a test-case to one of the [http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Email_Lists/ Window-Eyes users' mailing lists], as [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ suggested by GW-Micro themselves].

==== Extensibility ====
Window-Eyes "set files" map functionality to applications.

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Manual/HTML/ Official manual].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1040 Window-Eyes and Firefox Extensions].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1044 Window-Eyes and ActiveX].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Audio_Video_Archive/Window-Eyes_Tutorials/ MP3 tutorials].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ Information for web developers].

==== Release Notes ====
Unfortunately, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Version_History/ GW-Micro don't yet make it easy to access earlier release notes].

*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Latest_Features/ Window-Eyes 6.1] (2007).
*Window-Eyes 6.0 ?
*Window-Eyes 5.5 ?
*[http://www.webcitation.org/5OUre1bW4 Window-Eyes 5.0]

=== MicroPower Virtual Vision ===
Brazilian screen reader.

==== Testing possibilites ====
Submit a testcase to the [http://www.micropower.com.br/v3/pt/acessibilidade/lista.aspVirtual Vision mailing list].

==== Release notes ====
*[http://www.micropower.com.br/v3/pt/acessibilidade/vv5/index.asp Virtual Vision 5.5]

== See Also ==
* [[accessibility]]
* [[assistive-technology-abbr-results]]

assistive-technology

2007-04-30T22:44:19Z

Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis: More information about Window-Eyes

<h1>assistive technology</h1>

This page is for documenting currently known [[accessibility]] assistive technologies (implementations) that are being used in the wild for the purpose of testing any particular microformats and microformats techniques to determine their impact on assistive technologies.

__TOC__

== What to add ==

=== Only accessible assistive technologies ===
Rather than duplicating lists elsewhere on the Web (e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screen_readers Wikipedia's Comparison of screen readers]), please only add assistive technologies that you, or someone you know (such as a user of an assistive technology that you are in touch with) has access to for testing purposes. This will help keep the testing "real world" on an ongoing basis, because if no one has access to an assistive technology, then testing it is an unreasonable (purely theoretical) expectation.

=== Please provide ===
When adding an assistive technology to the list(s) below, please provide:
* Your name / name of person who has access to the assistive technology for testing purposes
* Name of assistive technology
* URL to home page for the technology, and URL(s) to purchase if available
* version number
* when published/released
* estimated number of users if known (even rough estimates are ok), along with date of estimate (ideally with a citation).

=== Note their bugs too ===
In addition, by keep tracking of various different assistive technologies, their versions, their bugs/shortcomings, and any non-standards-compliant behavior, especially when such behavior interferes with microformats on the page, we can focus our efforts on suggesting improvements for them accordingly.

== Screen Readers ==
General marketshare numbers for screen readers:
* 2003 USA: JAWS 65%, GW-Micro Window-Eyes 35%. According to [http://www.redish.net/content/papers/interactions.html a study of screen reader use published in December 2003], a spokesperson for the US National Federation of the Blind estimated that in the USA, JAWS had 65% of the screen reader market and GW-Micro Window-Eyes had 35%; also JAWS was the software most commonly used by U.S. federal workers.

=== JAWS ===
Publisher: Freedom Scientific
Total users as of 2002: [http://web.archive.org/web/20021015235548/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/mswitness/2002/hofstader.asp "There are approximately 80,000 registered users of JAWS"] - Chris Hofstader of Freedom Scientific. Presumably world-wide users of any version of JAWS.

==== Testing possibilities ====
You can download demo versions of JAWS that are limited to run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unfortunately, Freedom Scientific considers testing web standards support in JAWS demos to be a breach of its EULA. Alternative, you could submit a test-case to end users at one of the [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/User_Groups.asp JAWS mailing lists].

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/doc_screenreaders.asp Official manuals].
*[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/Surfs_Up/_Surfs_Up_Start_Here.htm Official tutorial about surfing the web with JAWS].

==== Extensibility ====
JAWS is scriptable, and some scripts attempt to improve web access, such as Jamal Mazrui's [http://www.freelists.org/archives/guispeak/04-2007/msg00010.html HomerKit].

==== Release notes ====
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws80fea.asp JAWS 8] (November 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws710fea.asp JAWS 7.10] (June 2006).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws70fea.asp JAWS 7] (October 2005). Perhaps the most commonly used version of JAWS).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws620fea.asp JAWS 6.2].
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws610fea.asp JAWS 6.1].
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws60intro.asp JAWS 6] (2005). Many JAWS-related mailing list correspondents use a version of 6.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws510intro.asp JAWS 5.1] (2004).
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws5intro.asp JAWS 5] (2004). A few correspondents use 5 or earlier.
* [http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/DL_JAWS451.asp JAWS 4.51] This is the earliest version recently spotted on JAWS-related mailing lists.

=== GW Micro Window-Eyes ===

==== Test possibilities ====
Volunteer testers: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis (webdev not user).

Like Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Demo/ GW-Micro offer an otherwise fully-functional demo] of their latest release which can only be run for about half an hour per Windows session. Unlike Freedom Scientific, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/ GW-Micro encourage developers to test with the demo].

Alternatively, you could submit a test-case to one of the [http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Email_Lists/ Window-Eyes users' mailing lists], as [http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ suggested by GW-Micro themselves].

==== Extensibility ====
Window-Eyes "set files" map functionality to applications.

==== Documentation ====
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Manual/HTML/ Official manual].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1040 Window-Eyes and Firefox Extensions].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1044 Window-Eyes and ActiveX].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Audio_Video_Archive/Window-Eyes_Tutorials/ MP3 tutorials].
*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Developers/Web/ Information for web developers].

==== Release Notes ====
Unfortunately, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Version_History/ GW-Micro don't yet make it easy to access earlier release notes].

*[http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Latest_Features/ Window-Eyes 6.1] (2007).
*Window-Eyes 6.0 ?
*Window-Eyes 5.5 ?
*[http://www.webcitation.org/5OUre1bW4 Window-Eyes 5.0]

=== MicroPower Virtual Vision ===
Brazilian screen reader.

== See Also ==
* [[accessibility]]
* [[assistive-technology-abbr-results]]

assistive-technology

2007-04-30T22:01:23Z

Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis: Added a bit more detail about JAWS.