Ran across something that might be of interest to our visually impaired members

[Technomage Hawke]

I have tried it for OS X. it conflicts with the built-in screenreader. so, I either run one or the other. This is not the only problem. ChromeVox is still BetaWare and tends to crash more often than it should. I don't run  windows here, so I can't comment on the windows version. I will need to look at their repository and see if there is a linux version. If so, then I need to see if it will work with ORCA or any of the other Linux Screenreaders. since almost all Linux screenreaders now come with speech-dispatcher support, it should conceivably work within that standard. if not, there might be a real problem using it under linux (specifically VINUX). I will check with the VINUX development list and see what is up.

Personally, google should have simply made their browser accessible under the current standards, instead of inventing their own tool to fake the same thing.

-eric

On Feb 28, 2012, at 6:49 PM, Stephen wrote:

> http://www.chromevox.com/
> 
> "ChromeVox is a screen reader for Chrome which brings the speed,
> versatility, and security of Chrome to visually impaired users. Of
> course since ChromeVox is built by Google, it's optimized for the web.
> It supports the latest web standards and excels at accessing the most
> modern interactive websites."
> 
> i have no idea how useful it is...
> 
> -- 
> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
> 
> Stephen
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