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| + | * [http://www.aisquared.com/ZoomText]: a Windows application that blows up the text on the screen for people with limited vision | ||
| + | * [http://www.webvisum.com/ Webvisum]: a Firefox add-on which make 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. | ||
| + | * [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/879 Mouseless Browsing]: a Firefox extension which adds numbers next to all links to make them keyboard accessible | ||
| + | * [http://firefox.cita.uiuc.edu/ Firefox Accessibility Extension]: 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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Revision as of 22:21, 12 October 2009
Screenreaders
- JAWS (Windows, no demonstration version available for testing)
- Window-Eyes (Windows, 30 minute timed demonstration available for testing)
- VoiceOver
- FireVox (extension for Firefox)
- nVDA (open source, Windows)
- Orca (Linux/GNOME)
- supernova (Windows)
- SA to go (Windows, free service)
Speech-recognition
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking Windows speech recognition
- MacSpeech Dictate OS X speech recognition
- Windows Vista built-in speech recognition
Other tools
- [1]: a Windows application that blows up the text on the screen for people with limited vision
- Webvisum: a Firefox add-on which make 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.
- Mouseless Browsing: a Firefox extension which adds numbers next to all links to make them keyboard accessible
- Firefox Accessibility Extension: 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.
