[ossrp-control] Re: What Is A Screen Reader?

Hello everyone,

I'm new here and interested in ways of making existing applications accessible in audio, both for users with and without vision. I noticed the thread about "what is a screen reader" and have to agree with both Jamal's and Darrell's thoughts. There are certainly times when a user needs to know exactly how information is being presented on the screen (e.g. designing GUIs, doing document layout) and other times when the visual representation is not important to the task (e.g. sending an email, reading a web page, managing files). Interestingly, most work on screen reading has been invested in the former area (i.e. trying to convey exactly what's on the screen) even though many of the common tasks users perform on computers today are not dependent on a visual interface.

On a related note, people on this list might be interested in reading some information about my dissertation project, Clique (http://www.cs.unc.edu/~parente). It's an audio display system that concentrates on making the latter set of tasks, those that are not intimately tied to vision, accessible and usable in audio. It's been in development for only about 5 months now, so it's certainly rough around the edges.

I just learned about OSAT, so please don't think of Clique as a competitive project, but rather a complimentary venture. I'd welcome any feedback you'd like to give.

Regards,
Pete
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