Assistive technology compatibility

Firefox 1.5.0.5+ and Thunderbird 1.5.0.5+ Assistive Technology Compatibility

Windows Assistive Technologies

Assistive technology	Type	Compatibility notes
Dragon Naturally Speaking 1-8	Voice command and dictation	Not compatible
Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 or later	Voice command and dictation	Compatible with problems: For many details and tips, see http://www.speechcomputing.com/node/942 Mouseless browsing extension recommended Select and Say not working
Fire Vox	Free, open source screen reading extension	Compatible
Hal, Lunar, Supernova, etc. (demo/trial vesions available)	Screen reader, screen magnifier	Not compatible
JAWS 1.0 - 6.x	Screen reader	Not compatible
JAWS 7.0	Screen reader	Same problems as with JAWS 7.1, and then some more. Technical support requires JAWS 7.1 (we think).
JAWS 7.1	Screen reader	Compatible with some problems. Problems include: Notification of text format changes is not complete Occasional flakiness or duplicated text when reading through document content Occassional flakiness when reading announcing the current page in the tabbed browsing list. Does not work well with framed pages Occasionally loses place when returning to a previously visited page, resetting position to the top of the document Keystroke conflicts with tabbed browsing Unexplained performance issues
JAWS 8 (demo/trial version available)	Screen reader	Compatible with some problems. Problems include: Notification of text format changes is not complete Occasional flakiness or duplicated text when reading through document content Occasionally loses place when returning to a previously visited page, resetting position to the top of the document Keystroke conflicts with tabbed browsing Please see the current wiki page devoted to JAWS-Firefox compatibility
MAGic (demo/trial version available)	Screen magnifier	Unknown
NVDA	Free (open source) screen reader	Compatible. Author says it works well, except for editing text fields. Need verification from end users.
Window-Eyes 1.0 - 5.0	Screen reader	Not compatible
Window-Eyes 5.5, Window-Eyes 6.0 or later (demo/trial version available)	Screen reader	Compatible
ZoomText 1-7	Screen magnifier	Not compatible
ZoomText 8.0x-8.11	Screen magnifier	No AppReader or DocReader. Workaround: Start ZoomText Start FireFox Press CTRL+SHIFT+U to bring up the ZoomText user interface Click on the Help menu Click Tech Support In the Fix-It command field, type in: CLASSTOOL Click Fix-It You'll see a wrench attached to the mouse pointer, left click within the FireFox window A dialog box will open, for Window Class Definition, choose "ChildWindow" in the drop-down menu Click Ok Click the Close button to close the About box Exit and restart ZoomText & FireFox Now you should be able to use AppReader/DocReader in FireFox Note: May not have column reading support with DocReader/AppReader. Mouse echo does not read by line.
ZoomText 8.12 and ZoomText 9.0x (demo/trial version available)	Screen magnifier	Partially compatible: May not have column reading support with DocReader/AppReader. Mouse echo does not read by line.
ZoomText 9.x	Screen magnifier	Compatible

Linux and UNIX Assistive Technologies

Assistive technology	Type	Compatibility notes
Dasher	Alternative input using pointer	Partially compatible
Fire Vox	Free, open source screen reading extension	Should be compatible, but may need special installation procedures. Details unknown
Gnome magnifier	Screen magnifier	Partially compatible
Gnopernicus	Screen reader	Not compatible
GOK	Onscreen keyboard	Partially compatible
LSR	Screen reader	Not yet compatible
Orca	Screen reader	Compatible with Firefox 3.0.x Gnome Orca Firefox details

Mac OS X Assistive Technologies

Assistive technology	Type	Compatibility notes
Fire Vox	Free, open source screen reading extension	Should be compatible, but need details
VoiceOver	Screen reader	Not yet compatible

External links

• Assistive technology compatibility (Firefox) (Firefox Support)