Introduction to screen readers for accessibility testing

Screen readers: What they are, how they are used, and how you can use them for testing.

Ensuring that what we build works well for blind folks is an important aspect of web accessibility work. That means that what we build must work for screen readers since a majority of blind folks rely on screen readers to access digital content. And the only way to be sure it’ll work for screen reader users is testing our sites and apps with a screen reader.

Table of contents

1. What are screen readers?

2. Who uses screen readers?

3. Screen reader list

4. Screen reader demonstration

5. Screen reader output

6. Screen readers and browsers combinations

7. Screen reader tutorials

8. Using a screen reader for testing

9. Next steps?

10. Video transcript