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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 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 |