http://www.ourprattville.com/article/readspeaker-technology-adds-voice-to-prattvilles-city-website A Fresh Perspective Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:32:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ourprattville.com/article/readspeaker-technology-adds-voice-to-prattvilles-city-website/comment-page-1#comment-1028 Publius Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:14:24 +0000 http://www.ourprattville.com/?p=6692#comment-1028 Doesn't every blind user have screen reader software (and other accessibility tools) ? The capability is built into almost every modern operating system (Windows, OSX, Linux.) It seems the City would have been much more wise to implement an accessibility-compliant, standards-based website (cost $0/year) that would work with such screen readers rather than pour $1600/yr (indefinitely) into a proprietary solution to provide the same service. Doesn’t every blind user have screen reader software (and other accessibility tools) ? The capability is built into almost every modern operating system (Windows, OSX, Linux.) It seems the City would have been much more wise to implement an accessibility-compliant, standards-based website (cost $0/year) that would work with such screen readers rather than pour $1600/yr (indefinitely) into a proprietary solution to provide the same service.

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