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{{short description|Assistive technology that converts text or images to speech or Braille}}
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[[File:Accessible Books Consortium explains - a digital file is not necessarily accessible.webm|thumb|An example of someone using a screen reader showing documents that are inaccessible, readable and accessible
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A '''screen reader''' is a form of [[assistive technology]] (<abbr>AT</abbr>)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.microsoft.com/enable/at/types.aspx|title=Types of Assistive Technology Products|publisher=Microsoft Accessibility|access-date=13 June 2016}}</ref> that renders text and image content as speech or braille output. Screen readers are essential to people who are [[blindness|blind]],<ref name="afb"/> and are useful to people who are [[visual impairment|visually impaired]],<ref name="afb"/> [[Illiteracy|illiterate]], or have a [[learning disability]].<ref name="Screen1">{{cite web|url=http://www.vadsa.org/ace/reader.htm|title=Screen Readers and how they work with E-Learning|publisher=Virginia.gov|access-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113075826/https://www.vadsa.org/ace/reader.htm|archive-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> Screen readers are [[Application software|software applications]] that attempt to convey what people with normal eyesight see on a [[Display device|display]] to their users via non-visual means, like [[text-to-speech]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hear-text-read-aloud-narrator#1TC=windows-8|title=Hear text read aloud with Narrator|publisher=[[Microsoft Office|Microsoft]]|access-date=13 June 2016}}</ref> sound icons,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://css-tricks.com/accessiblility-basics-turn-your-css-off/|title=Accessibility Basics: How Does Your Page Look To A Screen Reader?|last=Coyier|first=Chris|date=29 October 2007|publisher=CSS-Tricks|access-date=13 June 2016}}</ref> or a [[Refreshable Braille display|braille device]].<ref name="afb">{{cite web|url=https://www.afb.org/blindness-and-low-vision/using-technology/assistive-technology-videos/screen-reading-technology|title=Screen reading technology|publisher=[[American Foundation for the Blind|AFB]]|access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref> They do this by applying a wide variety of techniques that include, for example, interacting with dedicated [[#Accessibility APIs|accessibility APIs]], using various [[operating system]] features (like [[inter-process communication]] and querying [[user interface]] properties), and employing [[hooking]] techniques.<ref name="SR Overview">{{cite web|url=https://www.nomensa.com/blog/2005/what-screen-reader|title=What is a Screen Reader|publisher=[[Nomensa]]|access-date=9 July 2017}}</ref>
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* [[List of screen readers]]
* [[Screen magnifier]]
* [[Speech processing]]
* [[Speech recognition]]
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