Greetings, Lifted from another list, would be interested in comments. From: Julie Adkins <jadkins@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:08:20 -0400 These are fantastic for low vision computer users who use screen magnification, but I think can also make web browsing a little simpler for screen reader users, too. I wrote the Readability instructions below for JAWS users. If you are a sighted mouse user, just follow the instructions that appear on the screen on the Readability web page. If you are a mouse user, I love to put both Skweezer and Readability on the Favorites bar, and the user can just quickly click on each one (first on Skweezer to do a search or pull up a particular web page, and then on Readability once they have opened a specific article to be read). Website to use as a search engine (save it in your favorites) so all your websites will be reformatted into a cleaner, linear format: www.skweezer.com. By the way, if you have students who are Spanish speakers, it can be set to Spanish! Webpage that isolates the actual article you want to read, removing all the links, images, etc. and puts it in one column: Go to www.readability.com and press Enter on the "Install Now for free" link. Then you will tab to a link that says Read Now, but do not open it. Instead, press the Application key and then press F for Add to Favorites. It may tell you it is unsafe, in which case you will have to press Y for yes to allow it. Now when you open an article you want to read, open Read Now from your Favorites, and it will reformat it. It may take a minute to convert it, so wait until you hear 100 percent. JAWS should read the article automatically. It appears to be saying "main region start" at the beginning of the text of the article. I got there quickly by pressing N two times, but you could just let it start at the beginning and go on down. Sighted users would also want to click on the little button on the left side of Readability (when it opens an article) that has a big A and little A on it to try out the different fonts and background colors. If you use screen magnification, you can reduce the column width so it won't move back and forth visually when you use the Zoomtext AppReader or DocReader. Julie Adkins, MA, CVRT Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist Metrolina Association for the Blind 704 Louise Avenue Charlotte, NC 28204 704-887-5121 www.mabnc.org From: Mike Pietruk <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:21:40 -0400 Skweezer has proven, for me, to be a great tool in dealing with some web sites and pages that are heavily laden with flash. In essence, the purpose of Skweezer is to make web pages readable on mobile phones; this ability also, as a nice by-product, can often aid the screen reader user. Thanks for posting this, Julie. The 2nd site I am not familiar with currently, but will definitely give it a close look. Colin Howard, living near Southampton in Southern England, draws your attention to the up-and-coming 2012 Olympics on the official starting day of which is his birthday!! ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq