It is an essential tool for many of them to access the digital world.ĭid you know that blind and visually challenged people can even use platforms such as Instagram with the help of a screen reader? This is made possible by image recognition technology, manually added alt text and audio descriptions. They also use the screen reader for communication, navigation, requesting services and buying products. They have articles read aloud, for example.įor blind and partially sighted people, however, a screen reader does much more than read articles aloud. Interestingly, almost 11% of screen reader users are not challenged. Sometimes people who have trouble reading (for example because they suffer from dyslexia) also use a screen reader. Especially people who are blind or partially sighted use it. It then converts this into text, reads it out and, if necessary, forwards it to a Braille display.
What does a screen reader do?Ī screen reader reads the HTML structure and content of a web page from top to bottom. The screen reader is a widely used tool, especially for blind and partially sighted people. In this section, we’ll take a closer look at testing with a screen reader.
#SCREEN READER ACCESSIBILITY TESTING SERIES#
This is part 5 of our blog series on testing the accessibility of your website. You learn a lot from that, so that you can then take more targeted measures. Also read the other parts:ĭo you want to get started with the accessibility of your website? Then it helps to test how your website is doing now.
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