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On Windows, the most popular screen reader is JAWS, with almost half of the overall screen reader market.

Pie chart from the Screen Reader Survey 2017, showing that JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver are the most used screen readers on desktop. Some screen readers have to manually map specific programs to the tree, whereas others are more generic and should work with most programs. They work by mapping the contents and interface of the application to an accessibility tree that can then be read by the screen reader. Screen readers can be used with programs such as word processors, email clients, and web browsers. Two-thirds of screen reader users choose speech as their screen reader output, and one-third of screen reader users choose braille.

What Is A Screen Reader?Ī screen reader is a software application that interprets things on the screen (text, images, links, and so on) and converts these to a format that visually impaired people are able to consume and interact with. This time around, I’m avoiding the screen and am using the web with a screen reader. Last time, I navigated the web for a day with just my keyboard. I hope to raise the profile of difficulties faced by real people, which are avoidable if we design and develop in a way that is sympathetic to their needs. This article is part of a series in which I attempt to use the web under various constraints, representing a given demographic of user. Chris Ashton experiences first-hand difficulties that visually impaired users face and describes what we can do as web developers to help. A sighted user puts himself in the shoes of a non-sighted user.

Explanation and new videos with nvda screen reader youtube