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If something doesnвЂ™t work, then cross testing on a different browser/platform can determine if it is a browser or screen reader bug. NVDA has robust support for browsing the web using Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, the Microsoft Office suite, and built-in Windows apps.

Most of the HTML5 & WAI-ARIA attributes are supported on all these platforms.

If you have written a clean code that is semantic & follows all W3C Standards then testing on these platforms will suffice. category JAWS: The Worlds Most Popular Windows Screen Reader NVDA: Non Visual Desktop Access (free) Apple VoiceOver: Mac OSX Screen Reader (free) Chrome. So letвЂ™s answer the question, which screen reader should I use for accessibility testing? In my opinion & my experience, this is the matrix that I have come up with and now for your view: Secondly, testing with all browsers VS screen readers is a costly affair as it consumes a lot of resources, time and money too. Not every attribute is supported by all the screen readers. The same is true when we talk of the screen readers too. Firstly, the support for HTML attributes and ARIA attributes by the browser vendors vary a lot. Even according to NVAccess, creators of NVDA the best browser that NVDA supports is Firefox.Д«esides, there are other factors too that attribute to the AT testing conundrum. Screen Reader & BrowserДЄt my work place we follow testing on Firefox with NVDA screen reader & if we encounter any bugs related to either screen reader or the browser, we immediately raise the bugs with the vendor. During my day to day accessibility testing I use NVDA with Firefox & sometimes I also use NVDA with Chrome to see if any ARIA or HTML5 attribute is not being supported by the browser or the screen reader. I personally prefer JAWS with Internet Explorer & JAWS with Chrome as the new version of Firefox doesnвЂ™t work with JAWS yet. BrowserДЄccording to WebAIM Screen reader survey we can clearly see from the below table that JAWS works great on Internet Explorer followed by NVDA with Firefox.

When it comes to IOS & OSx Safari is the most popular browser & on Android Chrome & Firefox both hold a good position. Definitely assistive technology users prefer Firefox over Chrome for their day to day activities.

But according to WebAIM screen reader survey7 conducted in 2017, Firefox stands first followed by internet Explorer & in 3rd place is Chrome. These stats are true for both desktop & mobile. Popular BrowsersДЄccording to Wikipedia, chrome holds the majority share for the browser market followed by Safari. Testing with every screen reader on every browser is not feasible if not impossible.

Though the extension is free to use, you can get more voice options with Premium and Pro plans, starting from $10 per month.Whenever I say that I make web & mobile Apps accessible for the disability groups, the first question some of the educated developers who understand accessibility ask me is, what browsers you test your APPвЂ™s on & which screen readers do you use? This is a very interesting question because, there are a wide variety of browsers & screen readers that are available in the market. Other than the Chrome extension, Natural Reader has web, iOS, and Android apps. Natural Readers supports 16 languages including English, Spanish, French, and German. The extension has four tabs: one for adjusting voice and speed, the second for changing settings, the third for saving to mobile, and the last for listening to PDFs or uploaded texts. Alternatively, if you want to listen to only a part of the text, simply select the text and click on the Natural Reader icon at the end of the selected text. To instruct Natural Reader to start reading, you can use the hotkey Alt + R. For those with dyslexia, the immersive reader mode supports dyslexic fonts to make reading easier. Natural Reader also has an immersive reader mode that lets you read without any distractions. An intelligent extension, Natural Reader works great for almost any type of text, including PDF, Google Docs, eBooks, and emails.

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