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[school-discuss] Accessibility Software
Title: RE: [school-discuss] Open Formats vs Industry Standard formats
Greetings,
Does anyone know of an
Open Source internet screen reader for the Blind/Visually Impaired. The
main commercial product being used is called JAWS. It's $900 US, (not
cheap for starters) and is causing problems for Institues who are
looking for standardised solutions. The whole accessibility issue is
looming very large for educational organisations and many of the solutions being
offerred are expensive propretary systems which means either some disabled
groups miss out or institutes have to spend up big (either on software or law
suits).
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