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

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From: John Contarino x245
Date: May 11, 2017 12:29PM

I better give an update to reasoning for my question.
Thanks for all the applies; still going through them. I didn't take into the account the possible privacy side of the question.
The thought first came into mind while I was using the screen reader testing and did a quick search for Weather Underground.
Upon getting to the 10 day report it was defaulted on the descriptive tab view.
Our site makes use of descriptive/narrative data display. I thought did the weather underground site know I was using AT and defaulted this view...
Turns out not the case for those wanting to know after testing with SR turn off.
My only thought was as a way to improve the user's experience with default views of descriptive/narrative views of data tables.


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From: John Contarino x245 [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
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Subject: [WebAIM] Web development; How to identify if a screen reader is in use

Hi,
Is it possible in web site development to identify if a screen reader is in use by the end user?
Similar to how different browsers are identified and can be interpreted in code based on browser.
Thanks.

John Contarino
Programmer Analyst