[WG: Accessibility] What to call a screen reader user?

[Eli Cochran]

Lucy suggested that to me yesterday. We worried that it would be pronounced "shrew"? 

- Eli 

On Jan 15, 2010, at 8:38 AM, Jeff Ziegler wrote:

> Acronymize, son, ya gots to acronymize!
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> Call 'em SRUs (Screen Reader Users)
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> Jeff
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> On Jan 15, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Michael S Elledge wrote:
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>> I know, it is a mouthful. You could say "JAWS users," but then it will 
>> be pointed out to you that there are other screen readers out there.  :^)
>> 
>> I'm afraid we're stuck with "screen reader users." Too bad it can't be 
>> shortened like "AT users."
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> Eli Cochran wrote:
>>> As I am referring to screen reader users, I'm often tempted to refer 
>>> to them as "screen readers" but the screen reader is the device not 
>>> the user? Anyone else struggle with this? "Screen Reader User" is such 
>>> a mouth-full.
>>> 
>>> - Eli 
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>>> Eli Cochran
>>> user interaction developer
>>> ETS, UC Berkeley
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Eli Cochran
user interaction developer
ETS, UC Berkeley


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