Difference between revisions of "Adaptive technology"
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= Screenreaders = | = Screenreaders = | ||
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| − | + | ! Product !! OS !! Notes | |
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| − | + | | [http://www.firevox.clcworld.net/ FireVox] | |
| − | + | | Firefox addon | |
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| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | | [http://www.freedomscientific.com/products/fs/jaws-product-page.asp JAWS] | |
| + | | Windows | ||
| + | | No demonstration version available for testing, but the most widely used screen reader. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://www.nvda-project.org/ nVDA] | ||
| + | | Windows | ||
| + | | Open source. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://live.gnome.org/Orca Orca] | ||
| + | | Linux/GNOME | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://www.satogo.com/ SA to go] | ||
| + | | Windows | ||
| + | | Free service. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://www.dolphinuk.co.uk/tryit.asp?id=1 supernova] | ||
| + | | Windows | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/ VoiceOver] | ||
| + | | Mac OSX | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Demo/ Window-Eyes] | ||
| + | | Windows | ||
| + | | 30-minute timed demonstration available for testing. | ||
| + | |} | ||
| − | = | + | = Speech-recognition = |
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| + | {|class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| + | ! Product !! OS !! Notes | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://www.nuance.com/dragon/index.htm Dragon NaturallySpeaking] | ||
| + | | Windows | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://www.macspeech.com/pages.php?pID=143 Dragon Dictate] | ||
| + | | Mac OSX | ||
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| + | |- | ||
| + | | Windows Speech Recognition | ||
| + | | [http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/windowsvista/speech.aspx Windows Vista]/[http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Set-up-Speech-Recognition Windows 7] | ||
| + | | Built into the OS. | ||
| + | |} | ||
= Other tools = | = Other tools = | ||
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| + | {|class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| + | ! Product !! OS !! Purpose | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://firefox.cita.uiuc.edu/ Firefox Accessibility Extension] | ||
| + | | Firefox addon | ||
| + | | 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. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/879 Mouseless Browsing] | ||
| + | | Firefox addon | ||
| + | | Adds numbers next to all links to make them keyboard accessible. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://www.webvisum.com/ Webvisum] | ||
| + | | Firefox addon | ||
| + | | 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. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [http://www.aisquared.com/ ZoomText] | ||
| + | | Windows | ||
| + | | Blows up the text on the screen for people with limited vision. | ||
| + | |} | ||
[[Category:Accessibility]] | [[Category:Accessibility]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:18, 9 December 2010
This page lists accessibility software that Dreamwidth should be able to interact with.
Screenreaders
| Product | OS | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| FireVox | Firefox addon | |
| JAWS | Windows | No demonstration version available for testing, but the most widely used screen reader. |
| nVDA | Windows | Open source. |
| Orca | Linux/GNOME | |
| SA to go | Windows | Free service. |
| supernova | Windows | |
| VoiceOver | Mac OSX | |
| Window-Eyes | Windows | 30-minute timed demonstration available for testing. |
Speech-recognition
| Product | OS | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dragon NaturallySpeaking | Windows | |
| Dragon Dictate | Mac OSX | |
| Windows Speech Recognition | Windows Vista/Windows 7 | Built into the OS. |
Other tools
| Product | OS | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Firefox Accessibility Extension | Firefox addon | 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. |
| Mouseless Browsing | Firefox addon | Adds numbers next to all links to make them keyboard accessible. |
| Webvisum | Firefox addon | 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. |
| ZoomText | Windows | Blows up the text on the screen for people with limited vision. |
