Re: [orca-list] Important: Web accessibility survey for screen reader users

[Chris Watson <ai6u w6sfm com>]

Alex, Thanks. Just sent mine in.

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Chris 
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On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 09:39:19AM -0500, Alex Midence wrote:
> My point precisely.  I did the very same thing!  Unless we make it our business to ensure these people know 
> we are here and want to be included, they will keep leaving us out of the equation when they do 
> their web accessibility initiatives.  I kept having to mark OTHER when  I wanted to reference Orca.
>
> Alex M
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fernando Botelho [mailto:fhfbotelho gmail com] On Behalf Of Fernando Botelho
> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 9:27 AM
> To: Alex Midence
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Important: Web accessibility survey for screen reader users
>
> They continue to exclude Orca from their screen reader list, or at least that was the case when I did this 
> survey a couple of weeks ago.  My suggestion is that everyone mention Orca in the comments, and request 
> that it be included. That is what I did.
>
> Fernando
>
>
> On 07/24/2015 11:17 AM, Alex Midence wrote:
> > Hi, folks,
> >
> > I wanted to pass this link along to you guys so the Orca community is 
> > more represented in these things so, I’m terribly sorry about the 
> > cross posting.  This is a survey conducted by Webaim to find out how 
> > accessible screen reader users think the internet is.  What bugs me is 
> > that they mention nearly all screen readers except for Orca.  Last 
> > time I mentioned it to them, they said it was because they didn’t 
> > think anyone used it much so, they didn’t include it. Chromevox was 
> > there though which I would argue has fewer users than Orca does.
> > Here’s the link.  I hope you participate so that we actually appear on 
> > their radar:
> >
> > http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey6/
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Alex M
> >
> > Ps  Remember, the squeaky wheel gets the grease!
> >
> >
> >
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