Screen reader company not helping the cause

Jared Smith has raised a good point over at WebAIM in his recent post - JAWS license not developer friendly. Basically the licensing agreement for the trial version of the software (one of the most popular screen readers) specifically prohibits using it for testing purposes. I would have thought that the fewer barriers that web developers have in understanding assistive technologies the better. Ultimately it would be to the benefit of JAWS users, and that would also reduce support issues for Freedom Scientific.

Technorati Accessibility, JAWS, quality control, screen readers, web development

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