(fallen london stamps by it's honestly kind of hecked that JAWS (the most popular screen reader) and its associated dev tools (for people trying to make accessible sites/software) cost so much money. like, either you sub for $90 a year or you pay over a THOUSAND BUCKS for a perpetual license? do they honestly think disabled folks of all people are rolling in cash?
am I missing some important context or is this just another example of the world being shitty to disabled folks?
(additional, slightly tangential question: right now I'm using Narrator (the default screen reader that comes bundled with Windows) to double-check my labels and keyboard navigation on this site I'm working on. I'm genuinely not sure if it's enough, though. I've heard that it kind of sucks next to JAWS and was debating picking up a license for dev purposes, but would that be overkill? I'm also aware that there's a lot of nuances to screen reader use that a sighted person might not pick up on, even with the same software...)