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screen reader

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screen reader
Software for the visually impaired that reads the contents of a computer screen, converting the text to speech. Screen readers are designed for specific operating systems and generally work with most applications. See text-to-speech and MSAA.
(application)screen reader - A text-to-speech system, intended for use by blind or low-vision users, that speaks the text content of a computer display.


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The software, Jaws Screen Reader, offers a variety of languages and even different accents.
Designed to connect to a mobile device via USB cable or wireless Btuetooth, an open wireless protocol for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, Refreshabraille 18 supports common screen readers and includes 18 eight-dot refreshable braille cells, 18 cursor routing keys, Forward and Back scroll buttons, a five-position joystick, and an auxiliary space bar.
com says it is compatible with screen reader software used by people with sight impairments, does not use flash technology or pop-up windows, which can hamper screen reader software, provides simple options to increase the size of on-screen text or change text colours and makes it easy to use the keyboard instead of using a mouse.
 
 
 
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