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   <td>Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 or later</td>
   <td>[http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/ Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 or later]</td>
   <td>Voice command and dictation</td>
   <td>Voice command and dictation</td>
   <td>Compatible with problems:
   <td>Compatible with problems:
# Select and Say not working 100% in Thunderbird
# For many details and tips, see http://www.speechcomputing.com/node/942
# User must speak full link text to activate a link</td>
# [https://addons.mozilla.org/search.php?q=mouseless+browsing+mlb&type=A&app=firefox Mouseless browsing extension] recommended
# Select and Say not working
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   <td>Hal/Lunar/Supernova</td>
   <td>[http://www.firevox.clcworld.net/ Fire Vox]</td>
  <td>Free, open source screen reading extension</td>
  <td>Compatible</td>
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  <td>[http://www.yourdolphin.com/products.asp Hal, Lunar, Supernova, etc. (demo/trial vesions available)]</td>
   <td>Screen reader, screen magnifier</td>
   <td>Screen reader, screen magnifier</td>
   <td>Not compatible</td>
   <td>Not compatible</td>
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   <td>JAWS 7.0 or later</td>
   <td>JAWS 7.0</td>
  <td>Screen reader</td>
  <td>Same problems as with JAWS 7.1, and then some more. Technical support requires JAWS 7.1 (we think).
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  <td>JAWS 7.1</td>
   <td>Screen reader</td>
   <td>Screen reader</td>
   <td>Compatible with some problems. Problems include:
   <td>Compatible with some problems. Problems include:
# The speaking text format changes
# Notification of text format changes is not complete
# Occasional flakiness or duplicated text when reading through document content
# Occasional flakiness or duplicated text when reading through document content
# Occassional flakiness when reading announcing the current page in the tabbed browsing list
# Occassional flakiness when reading announcing the current page in the tabbed browsing list.
# 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."
# 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
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   <td>MAGic</td>
   <td>[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws80fea.asp JAWS 8 (demo/trial version available)]</td>
  <td>Screen reader</td>
  <td>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 [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Accessibility:_JAWS_Issues_with_Firefox JAWS-Firefox compatibility]
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  <td>[http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_MAG100.asp MAGic (demo/trial version available)]</td>
   <td>Screen magnifier</td>
   <td>Screen magnifier</td>
   <td>Unknown</td>
   <td>Unknown</td>
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  <td>[http://www.nvda-project.org NVDA]</td>
  <td>Free (open source) screen reader</td>
  <td>Compatible. Author says it works well, except for editing text fields. Need verification from end users.</td>
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   <td>Window-Eyes 5.5 or later</td>
   <td>Window-Eyes 5.5, [http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/ Window-Eyes 6.0 or later (demo/trial version available)]</td>
   <td>Screen reader</td>
   <td>Screen reader</td>
   <td>Compatible</td>
   <td>Compatible</td>
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   <td>ZoomText 1-8</td>
   <td>ZoomText 1-7</td>
   <td>Screen magnifier</td>
   <td>Screen magnifier</td>
   <td>Not compatible</td>
   <td>Not compatible</td>
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  <td>ZoomText 8.0x-8.11</td>
  <td>Screen magnifier</td>
  <td>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.
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  <td>ZoomText 8.12 and [http://www.aisquared.com/index.cfm ZoomText 9.0x (demo/trial version available)]</td>
  <td>Screen magnifier</td>
  <td>Partially compatible: May not have column reading support with DocReader/AppReader. Mouse echo does not read by line.</td>
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   <td>ZoomText 9.x</td>
   <td>ZoomText 9.x</td>
   <td>Screen magnifier</td>
   <td>Screen magnifier</td>
   <td>Partially compatible, problems with Doc Reader and App Reader</td>
   <td>Compatible</td>  
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   <td>Dasher</td>
   <td>Dasher</td>
   <td>Alternative input using pointer</td>
   <td>Alternative input using pointer</td>
  <td>Partially compatible</td>
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  <td>[http://www.firevox.clcworld.net/ Fire Vox]</td>
  <td>Free, open source screen reading extension</td>
  <td>Should be compatible, but may need special installation procedures. Details unknown</td>
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  <td>Gnome magnifier</td>
  <td>Screen magnifier</td>
   <td>Partially compatible</td>
   <td>Partially compatible</td>
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   <td>Orca</td>
   <td>Orca</td>
   <td>Screen reader</td>
   <td>Screen reader</td>
   <td>Not yet compatible</td>
   <td>Compatible with Firefox 3.0.x [http://live.gnome.org/Orca/Firefox Gnome Orca Firefox details]</td>
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   <th width=20%>Type</th>
   <th width=20%>Type</th>
   <th width=60%>Compatibility notes</th>
   <th width=60%>Compatibility notes</th>
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  <td>[http://www.firevox.clcworld.net/ Fire Vox]</td>
  <td>Free, open source screen reading extension</td>
  <td>Should be compatible, but need details</td>
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==External links==
*[http://support.mozilla.org/kb/Assistive+technology+compatibility  Assistive technology compatibility (Firefox)] (Firefox Support)


[[Category:Accessibility (Firefox)]]
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Latest revision as of 01:26, 30 December 2011

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. For many details and tips, see http://www.speechcomputing.com/node/942
  2. Mouseless browsing extension recommended
  3. 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:
  1. Notification of text format changes is not complete
  2. Occasional flakiness or duplicated text when reading through document content
  3. Occassional flakiness when reading announcing the current page in the tabbed browsing list.
  4. Does not work well with framed pages
  5. Occasionally loses place when returning to a previously visited page, resetting position to the top of the document
  6. Keystroke conflicts with tabbed browsing
  7. Unexplained performance issues
JAWS 8 (demo/trial version available) Screen reader Compatible with some problems. Problems include:
  1. Notification of text format changes is not complete
  2. Occasional flakiness or duplicated text when reading through document content
  3. Occasionally loses place when returning to a previously visited page, resetting position to the top of the document
  4. 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:
  1. Start ZoomText
  2. Start FireFox
  3. Press CTRL+SHIFT+U to bring up the ZoomText user interface
  4. Click on the Help menu
  5. Click Tech Support
  6. In the Fix-It command field, type in:
  7. CLASSTOOL
  8. Click Fix-It
  9. You'll see a wrench attached to the mouse pointer, left click within the FireFox window
  10. A dialog box will open, for Window Class Definition, choose "ChildWindow" in the drop-down menu
  11. Click Ok
  12. Click the Close button to close the About box
  13. Exit and restart ZoomText & FireFox
  14. 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

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