Screen Reader introduction video
April 15th, 2009 by Steve | Filed under Technology.It’s one thing to summarize screen reader technology in a few sentences. It’s entirely more meaningful to watch one in action.
Victor Tsaran, an accessibility engineer at Yahoo, talks about and demonstrates how a blind user navigates their computer via a screen reader. It’s a revealing look into an experience of which most of us fully-sighted people have no frame of reference.
Of course, it should be noted that there is no captioning or text version of this video, for those with hearing disabilities.
Tags: assistive technology, screen readers, visually impaired
Steve Grobschmidt is a User Experience Lead with over twelve years in the web industry. He is on a mission to ensure that user experience, especially accessibility, is foremost in the creation of great products.