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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Jun 5, 2019 3:43PM

Good advice!
If you go down this route, you can turn off NVDA speaking by going to
preferences, voices, and select "no speech" (last option in the
dropdown).
You still have to be comfortable working with a screen reader (knowing
commands and forms mode and such).
you can use ANDI
(https://www.ssa.gov/accessibility/andi/help/install.html) to uncover
tinformation that a screen reader would communicate, such as the
accessible name (screen reader label) of buttons and inputs, links,
images and such.
That tool is useful when you are trying to figure out labels or text
alternatives of specific elements.
My favorite use case for ANDI is to determine the accessible name of
control and to verify that error messages are associated with input
fields.
Select the input field with the error message visible, the error
message should show up in the input field's accessible description
property.
But ANDI is not going to give you a full screen reader view of the page content.



On 6/5/19, Farough, David (CFP/PSC) < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Your best option would be the NVDA screen reader. Available at
> https://www.nvaccess.org/
>
> From the user manual:
>
> 12.2. Speech Viewer
>
> For sighted software developers or people demoing NVDA to sighted audiences,
> a floating window is available that allows you to view all the text that
> NVDA is currently speaking.
>
> To enable the speech viewer, check the "Speech Viewer" menu item under Tools
> in the NVDA menu. Uncheck the menu item to disable it.
>
> The speech viewer window contains a check box labeled "Show speech viewer on
> startup". If this is checked, the speech viewer will open when NVDA is
> started. The speech viewer window will always attempt to re-open with the
> same dimensions and location as when it was closed.
>
> While the speech viewer is enabled, it constantly updates to show you the
> most current text being spoken. However, if you click or focus inside the
> viewer, NVDA will temporarily stop updating the text, so that you are able
> to easily select or copy the existing content.
>
> To toggle the speech viewer from anywhere, please assign a custom gesture
> using the Input Gestures dialog.
>
>