Assistive technology compatibility

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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: 1) Select and Say not working 100% in Thunderbird, 2) User must speak full link text to activate a link
Hal/Lunar/Supernova Screen reader, screen magnifier Not compatible
JAWS 1.0 - 6.x Screen reader Not compatible
JAWS 7.0 or later Screen reader Compatible with some problems. No technical support for Firefox provided by Freedom Scientific -- the release notes for JAWS 7.0 state "while the majority of this support is in place now, not everything is complete and Freedom Scientific will not be able to provide Technical Support for this program as a result." Problems include the speaking of formatted text.
Window-Eyes 1.0 - 5.0 Screen reader Not compatible
Window-Eyes 5.5 or later Screen reader Compatible
ZoomText 1-8 Screen magnifier Not compatible
ZoomText 9.x Screen magnifier Partially compatible, problems with Doc Reader and App Reader

Linux and UNIX Assistive Technologies

Assistive technology Type Compatibility notes
Dasher Alternative input using pointer Partially compatible
Gnopernicus Screen reader Not compatible
GOK Onscreen keyboard Partially compatible
LSR Screen reader Not yet compatible
Orca Screen reader Not yet compatible

Mac OS X Assistive Technologies

Assistive technology Type Compatibility notes
VoiceOver Screen reader Not yet compatible