The development of Orca was started by Sun Microsystems as part of the GNOME project with contributions from many community members, but since Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2010, Orca turned into a completely community-driven project. Supports Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Word, Excel and Outlook Express, and Mozilla Thunderbird. It also supports multi-tab navigation.īundled with recent versions of Windows, this basic screen reader makes use of MSAA. Metalmouth is a simplified open source screen-reader application which can be used to read out any HTML5 web pages and interact with most HTML5 input controls. Speech magnifier with low-vision speech capabilities.

Supports MSAA, Java Access Bridge (OpenOffice), per line reading from Win32 classes 'Edit'(Notepad) and 'RichEdit'(Wordpad), MS Word. Includes support for MSAA, the Java Access Bridge, and PDF.Ī visual screen reader, which highlights the object and text being read. Screen magnifier with low-vision speech capabilities. Turns Emacs into a 'complete audio desktop'. Makes a complete audio desktop, including web access with JavaScript support. Supports Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) and the Java Access Bridge. Current screen readers Screen readerĪvailable to download part of most Linux distributionsĬhrome OS or, with a speech processor, Linux, Mac, WindowsĬhromeVox is a screen reader for Chrome and Chrome OS. We do this because we believe everyone, especially the world’s poorest blind people deserve access to computers and a way out of poverty. The NVDA screen reader can be downloaded free of charge by anyone. That having been said, despite that I'm a primary Mac user and honestly prefer OS X over Windows, a freen screen reader like NVDA on Windows has much better support for document elements like headings and tables.

To learn more about NVDA or download a copy, visit the main NV Access website. It is developed by NV Access in collaboration with a global community of contributors. NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access) is a free, open source screen reader for Microsoft Windows. Note that you should not tell your screen reader to use CapsLock as a modifier key, but leave it on Insert instead. JAWS should immediately find it, and in my case, NVDA did, too. Verify that NVDA, JAWS or your other preferred screen reader can now use the CapsLock key. Screen readers are a form of assistive technology.

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