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Re: Web development; How to identify if a screen reader is in use

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: May 11, 2017 10:36AM

> Another concern is "numbers." If you take any given segment of the disabled population, blind people, deaf people, low vision persons, screen reader users, etc., its numbers are going to be relatively low compared to the whole.

Dave, I agree. Any numbers have to carefully be considered and message to stakeholders. It is however compelling to be able to say x% of your screen reader users are using Firefox or x% are using Internet Explorer and x% are using Chrome while x% of your zoom users are using Chrome, etc. Knowing how many screen reader users are using iOS who visit your site versus Android may allow you to focus or not focus on browser specific issues or decide how to handle potential touch challenges with certain AT and user agent combinations.

Right now the community only has access to the WebAIM screen reader survey to get information about these topics. This is an important area where we need more data to focus and push back to organizations and say you can't just focus on one user agent just because all of your non-AT users are using that user agent -- you have to consider user agents used by people with assistive technology as well.

Jonathan

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