I posted this on another forum, but I'll post it here as well. On the windows platform there use to be a setup file you could download and run.

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That use to install the latest Kodi, along with the screen reader.

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Yes, kodi does have its very own screen reader, no need to use jaws or NVDA, or which ever screen reader you use.

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You don't need a special setup file to install kodi with the screen reader if you follow these instructions.

I've installed Kodi countless times using this method and it has never failed.

Now, this will work with a completely clean install of kodi, in other words, I'm going to assume that kodi hasn't been installed on your system.

I'll be using windows terms to explain things, so you'll need to figure out what keys to press on a mac.

Now, on windows, all your kodi settings are installed in a folder you can get to by opening the run dialogue and typing %appdata%\\kodi.

I'm not going to explain each little detail because it's not really needed.

I'm just going to tell you what keys to press once you've launched kodi for the first time.

Go ahead and run kodi for the very first time, now, what you want to do is tap the control key a few times, because the key presses sometimes don't register, particularly when you alt tab to another application, no idea why, it just does.

Once kodi is running, hold down the shift key and press A, then hit enter.

Now, hold downd shift once again, but this time we're going to press the letter D, followed by the enter key.

Now, we're going to again hold down shift, only this time we're going to press the letter S, followed by the enter key.

Now, here's where you really have to pay attention.

Press the down arrow 9 times, you should hear the little click sound as you arrow down.

Once you've arrowed down 9 times, hit enter twice.

That's it, if you followed the instructions exactly, you should have kodi up and running with speech.

If you happen to make a mistake, which I have done countless times before I worked all this out, simply delete the kodi folder that is installed in %appdata% and try again.

Now the reason for the shift key is because those letters on their own do other things, I'm not sure of all of them, so you really do need to use that shift key.

One more thing, I find kodi screen reader works better with the classic Confluence skin, which you can find in the main kodi repository.

Good luck, hope to see more people using kodi..

Try if JAWS can do it. But it is a good question.