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Screen Reader Market Figures: My Analysis Of WebAIM Survey #6

September 15, 2015 by chris.admin 4 Comments

Introduction Since 2009, WebAIM, a consulting company with a focus on Internet accessibility, has published an approximately annual report detailing the results of a survey they conduct regarding screen reader marketshare and the preferences of screen reader users. Recently, WebAIM published its “Screen Reader Survey #6 Results and I found the information compelling. As a… Read more about Screen Reader Market Figures: My Analysis Of WebAIM Survey #6

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Analysis, JAWS, Marketshare, NVDA, Screen Reader, VoiceOver, WebAIM, Window-Eyes

Preserving Our History

July 29, 2014 by Chris Hofstader 6 Comments

Introduction Recently, I wrote an article called “Job Access With Bugs?,” in which I explore some of the generally accepted notions around access technology for PWVI. That article came as part of my ongoing attempt to record the history of the screen reader in the years following 1998, when I joined Henter-Joyce as Director of… Read more about Preserving Our History

Filed Under: Personal Essay, Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Blazie Engineering, BNS, Dean Blazie, GW Micro, Henter-Joyce, History, JAWS, Ted Henter, Window-Eyes

Job Access With Bugs?

July 13, 2014 by Chris Hofstader 10 Comments

Introduction For years, I’ve heard anecdotal reports that JAWS, the world’s most popular screen reader, has more bugs, is less reliable, more unstable and of a generally poorer quality than some of its competitors. In that same period, starting in 1998 and continuing until today, I have never seen a single bit of quantitative evidence… Read more about Job Access With Bugs?

Filed Under: Personal Essay, Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, JAWS, Quality, Screen Reader, Window-Eyes

Remembering GW Micro

May 13, 2014 by Chris Hofstader 5 Comments

Introduction Over the past few weeks, those of us who follow such things have heard two major announcements from GW Micro, the first announcing that they had decided to start selling consulting services and the second announcing that they had been acquired by AI Squared, the Vermont based publishers of the market dominant low vision… Read more about Remembering GW Micro

Filed Under: Personal Essay Tagged With: Access Technology, Freedom Scientific, GW Micro, Henter-Joyce, JAWS, NVDA, Rant, Window-Eyes

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