The market screen readers

End-users: the most used screen readers in 2023 https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey10/#primary

Desktop

Mobile

Developers: the most used screen readers in 2024 https://2024.stateofhtml.com/en-US/features/accessibility/

Tools

• Online ways to test screenreaders

  • VoiceOver: ‣

    1. Open a browser on macOS, e.g. Chrome

    2. Enable Screen Reader

       

  • NVDA: ‣ or ‣

  • JAWS: ‣

  • TalkBack ‣

    1. Open a browser on Android, e.g. Chrome
    2. Enable Screen Reader

    But the gesture is different from a real phone; see https://www.browserstack.com/docs/app-accessibility/screen-reader-testing/talkback#navigation-when-using-screen-reader on how to use it.

• Success Criteria https://thisiswcag.com/

• Axe https://www.deque.com/axe/