[sword-devel] commending your work for use by blind people

[Troy A. Griffitts]

We could probably do a phonetic locale :)  It would help the 
pronunciation software.  I wonder, when you tab to an edit box, how it 
knows what label goes along with that edit box... Hrm...

by way of Kahunapule Michael P. Johnson wrote:
> Hi Brother Paul,
> 
> I commend your work of the WEB for unlimited distribution.  As you
> develop software with search and reference tools, please consider blind
> people who access the computer using special screen-access software.  I
> encourage you to do two things:
> (1) Make your program work with windows 95 and above since some people
> use older computers with windows 95.
> (2) Make extensive use of menus that can be accessed with keystrokes and
> hot keys.  Allow for extensive use of dialogue boxes in which the tab key
> and arrow keys can be used for making selections.  Please attach text
> labels to all of your graphics so that the screen-reader programs will be
> able to speak the function and purpose of the graphic.
> 
> The two most popular screen-readers are Windoweyes and Jaws for Windows. 
> I would be willing to try to get people to help with any special
> assistance in making any future programs you develop as accessible as
> possible.
> 
> Thank you again for your work.  I look forward to its progress and
> successful completion.  God bless you.
> Tim Snyder  
> 
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