screen reading

Text-to-speech display

Screen reading is the use of software that converts on-screen text and interface elements into synthesized speech or braille output, enabling blind and visually impaired users to navigate computers and mobile devices.

A screen reader announces menus, buttons, and content aloud as the user moves through them: She uses screen reading software to browse the web.

Related

visually impaired · text-to-speech · alt text · assistive technology · cursor · focus · tab · navigation · audio · headphones · keyboard · shortcuts · announcement · verbosity · landmarks · headings · links · forms

Opposites
medium of text consumption

screen readingbook reading

Oral presentation of text

newspaper reading · offline reading

sensory modality

screen readingaudiobook listening

Consuming narrated texts aurally

podcast listening · oral storytelling

mode of engagement

screen readingskimming

Passing lightly over

scanning · glancing

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G