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Re: Browser and Screen Reader Combination

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From: Jared Smith
Date: Sep 20, 2019 6:36PM

> Just remember that the survey is voluntary and not a distributed population
> set.

Correct, but it is the largest data set from screen reader users available.

> So the "most popular" combinations of screen readers and browsers
> might end up being the most popular testing environments because the survey
> might have been filled out by mostly accessibility testers (for example).

This is not correct. 89.2% of respondents to the survey that is linked
here reported using a screen reader due to a disability. When there
are notable differences in responses between respondents with and
without disabilities, we note these, but most of the time the
responses generally align. In other words, the 10.8% of respondents
that don't have a disability do not skew the reported data in
significant ways.

> You'll notice in the results that NVDA seems to be on par with JAWS but I
> suspect that's because more and more accessibility testers fill out the
> survey and most testers use both screen readers.

Your suspicion is generally incorrect. 64.7% of respondents with
disabilities use NVDA compared to 69.3% of respondents without
disabilities. So usage is slightly higher among those without
disabilities, but these are so few in number that this skews the
overall NVDA usage percentage by only .2%.

We'll be publishing results from our most recent survey in the next week or so.

Thanks,

Jared Smith
WebAIM.org