Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
32 results found in Screen Reader.
- Probing (Link Probing, Exploratory Browsing)
- Probing is a browsing behavior where a user follows a link to see where it leads and then immediately returns to the previous page. It is commonly observed among blind and screen reader users as a cop…
- Screen Reader Proxy
- An interface that sits between an automated agent or testing tool and an application, translating programmatic inputs (swipe, double-tap, type) into genuine screen reader gestures and capturing the re…
- Screen Reader/2 (IBM Screen Reader/2, SR/2)
- Screen Reader/2 was an early screen reader developed by IBM for the OS/2 operating system, first released in the early 1990s. It was one of the pioneering commercial screen readers, providing blind an…
- Self-Voicing Interface (Self-Voicing, Self-Voicing Application)
- A software application or interface that includes its own built-in speech output capability, rather than relying on a separate screen reader to interpret and voice its content. Self-voicing interfaces…
- Speech-Based Navigation (Audio Navigation, Speech-Based Web Navigation)
- A method of navigating digital content, particularly web pages, using synthesised speech output rather than visual display. In speech-based navigation, users listen to content read aloud sequentially …
- Table Linearization (Table Serialization)
- Table linearization is the process of converting a two-dimensional HTML table into a one-dimensional sequence of text for non-visual presentation. When a screen reader linearizes a table, it reads the…
- Table Navigation Mode (Table Navigation)
- A screen reader feature that allows users to navigate within data tables by moving a virtual cursor cell-by-cell in two dimensions — by row and by column — rather than reading content linearly. Introd…
- Tag Order (Source Order, DOM Order, Reading Order)
- The sequential order in which HTML elements appear in the source code of a web page, which determines the order in which screen readers and other assistive technologies present content to users. When …
- Tree Navigation (Hierarchical Navigation, Tree View Navigation)
- The process of moving through and exploring hierarchical data structures (trees) such as file systems, program structures, organizational charts, or menu systems. In accessible computing, tree navigat…
- Visual Fragmentation (Visual Grouping, Visually Fragmented Grouping)
- The design practice of organizing web page content into distinct visual groups using layout techniques such as background colors, tables, spacing, horizontal lines, and borders. Sighted users perceive…
- WebAnywhere
- A web-based, self-voicing screen reader developed at the University of Washington that enabled blind users to access the web from any computer with an Internet connection and sound output, without ins…
- Window-Eyes
- A commercial screen reader for Microsoft Windows developed by GW Micro that was one of the leading assistive technologies for blind computer users from the 1990s through the 2010s. Window-Eyes provide…