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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:
- For many details and tips, see http://www.speechcomputing.com/node/942
- Mouseless browsing extension recommended
- Select and Say not working
|
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 and 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
- 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
|
MAGic (demo/trial version available) |
Screen magnifier |
Unknown |
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 |
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. |
Linux and UNIX Assistive Technologies
Assistive technology |
Type |
Compatibility notes |
Dasher |
Alternative input using pointer |
Partially compatible |
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 |
Not yet compatible |
Mac OS X Assistive Technologies
Assistive technology |
Type |
Compatibility notes |
VoiceOver |
Screen reader |
Not yet compatible |