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[Tanya Rabourn]

P.J.

This is a lot of interesting information that you've shared. I
have to admit that when I initially began thinking about
accessibility I didn't find much information out there about what
the users who benefit from such concerns actually do. So I hadn't
bothered to research the subject lately. From your posts, I'm
gathering that's changed. For example you mentioned:

> One of the most frequently used JAWS features is a dialog box that users can
> bring up that gathers all the links on the page in alphabetical order.

Can you point us to any published user studies that go over such
things? All I seem to come across are articles that suggest best
practices based on the capability of screenreaders like JAWS,
rarely do I find studies of how users actually use JAWS. Any
studies that you could point to involving observation of actual
user behavior among groups that benefit from sites that are built
to be "accessible" would be appreciated.

-Tanya
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Tanya Rabourn <rabourn at columbia.edu>
[User Services Consultant]
AcIS R & D <www.columbia.edu/acis/rad>
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