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Website development. (self.Blind)
submitted by marc2912
Working on website development and ADA compliance and wanted to see what people are using for screen readers. My understanding is that on windows JAWS is popular and on mac people tend to use the built in VoiceOver. What are you you using?
Amonwilde 5 points 5y ago
NVDA is getting popular on Windows, especially among a more technical crowd, though it being free is a big advantage for anyone. I often use Emacspeak, which is not a screen reader but a self-voicing version of the Emacs text editor, which is great for coding and writing, but which is hard to install and hard to learn.
marc2912 [OP] 1 points 5y ago
thx
BlindGuyNW 3 points 5y ago
NVDA, VoiceOver on both iOS and Mac, Jaws will cover 90-99% of screen reader users. I know some people use Talkback on Androids of various sorts, but have no experience with that myself.
marc2912 [OP] 1 points 5y ago
thx
fastfinge 2 points 5y ago
Another vote for NVDA. I couldn't afford JAWS even if I wanted it. However, these days NVDA is so good spending money on anything else would be impossible to justify anyway, so I just donate what money I do have for screen readers to them.
pokersnek 2 points 5y ago
A lot of people also use voiceover on iOS devices. An Android, there is TalkBack.
bradley22 1 points 5y ago
I use NVDA on my windows laptop.
Marconius 1 points 5y ago
I use VoiceOver on my MacBook Pro and use Jaws when I have it booted into Windows 10 via Bootcamp. I use VoiceOver on my iDevices.
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