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Re: Idea/thoughts for future Screen Reader Survey

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From: Malthe Jepsen
Date: Mar 4, 2024 1:42AM

Hi
Technically there are efforts to make a third party screen reader for MacOS, though it's way too early to be included in the survey I think. Info here:
https://github.com/Choominator/Vosh

Best
Malthe

> On 3 Mar 2024, at 19.54, Birkir R. Gunnarsson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Well, as far as I know there is only one screen reader on OSX and on
> Linux, so any reference to multiple screen readers has to be Windows.
> Also, last time I tested, Safari on Windows was entirely unusable with
> a screen reader, so I assume Safari use must refer to OSX only.
> The Safari and Voiceover use are very similar.
> That being said, sure, being able to break the data down by OS is not
> a bad idea.
>
>
> On 3/3/24, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Reposting this from mastodon ... seems I'm not the only one who'd
>> welcome this. An idea perhaps for the next SR survey?
>>
>> https://mastodon.social/@patrick_h_lauke/112031097054442563
>>
>> one thing that i'd love the WebAim screen reader survey to differentiate
>> better is how results break down by OS (mainly to be able to have more
>> segmented "on Mac, VoiceOver is effectively the only screen reader used"
>> or similar). it might then also reframe some of the other
>> statements/results, e.g. "71.6% of respondents use more than one
>> desktop/laptop screen reader" ... I suspect those 71.6% are effectively
>> Windows users?
>>
>> ...
>>
>> i'd imagine a nice interface where you can switch between "global"
>> results, and then to specific OSs and have the relevant subsections just
>> filtered for a particular OS.
>>
>> P
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>> Patrick H. Lauke
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>> * https://www.splintered.co.uk/
>> * https://github.com/patrickhlauke
>> * https://flickr.com/photos/redux/
>> * https://mastodon.social/@patrick_h_lauke
>>
>> >> >> >> >>
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