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screen reader
Assistive technology that converts text or images to speech or Braille
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Assistive technology that converts text or images to speech or Braille
7 identifiers linking screen reader across the web's reference databases
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A screen reader is a form of assistive technology (AT) that renders text and image content as speech or braille output. Screen readers are essential to blind people, and are also useful to people who are visually impaired, illiterate, learning-disabled, or otherwise have a print disability. Screen readers are software applications that attempt to convey what people with normal eyesight see on a display to their users via non-visual means, like text-to-speech, earcons, or a braille device. They do this by applying a wide variety of techniques that include, for example, interacting with dedicated accessibility APIs, using various operating system features, and employing hooking techniques.