Re: [orca-list] Slightly OT: WebAIM: Screen reader User Survey #5

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Agreed. I confess I was being sarcastic by suggesting: "How would they
know?"

If they don't survey on a par with other technology, they have only
their prejudice to go on.

I'm quite certain we're not a 50% market share, or even a 20%, or 10%
market share. But, I don't believe we're a statiscally insignificant
share, especially if including world-wide use. Also, if they're
surveying performance, ability to access certains kinds of content,
etc., I would warrant they're not entitled to say "technology X" works
better than all others when they exclude our community so cavalierly

Clearly, I haven't looked at this survey yet. But I have my own
prejudices over whether Web Aim is part of the solution, or a
distraction from the solution.

Janina

Jason White writes:
> Janina Sajka <janina rednote net> wrote:
>  
> > They might claim we're statistically insignificant, but then, how would
> > they know?
>
> I suppose we have to be smaller than the total in the "other" category,
> assuming that people tend to select "other" and complete the survey instead of
> simply deciding not to submit it when they find that their software isn't
> represented. Whether that's a good assumption I really don't know.
>
> Orca works well with Firefox; Epiphany seems to be developing a growing
> reputation for accessibility, and it would be useful for Web content authors
> to know that these tools are around and that they have a community of users.
>
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