Screen readers
Software that reads aloud everything on a computer or phone screen — text, buttons, menus, images (if labeled). Used by people who are blind or have very low vision. Common examples: JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver.
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NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access) NVDA is a free, open-source screen reader for Windows that converts on-screen text, menus, and controls into synthesized speech or braille output, letting people who are blind or h
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Orca Screen Reader Orca is a free, open-source screen reader that reads aloud text displayed on a Linux desktop using synthesized speech, and can also send output to a refreshable braille display. It
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ChromeVox ChromeVox is Google's built-in screen reader for Chromebooks, converting on-screen text, menus, and controls into spoken audio so users can navigate without looking at the display.
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Windows Narrator Windows Narrator is a built-in screen reader that comes pre-installed with Windows 10 and 11, converting on-screen text, menus, buttons, and other interface elements into synthesiz
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VoiceOver VoiceOver is Apple's built-in screen reader, available across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro — it reads aloud everything on screen, from menu items
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TalkBack TalkBack is Android's built-in screen reader, which reads aloud everything on your phone or tablet screen — notifications, menus, text, buttons — and lets you navigate entirely by
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iPad Air The iPad Air is a mainstream tablet computer with a large touch screen and optional keyboard that runs iPadOS and supports hundreds of accessibility apps. People with disabilities
$599.00
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JAWS Professional Perpetual License with SMA JAWS (Job Access With Speech) is a full-featured screen reader for Windows PCs that converts on-screen text, menus, and application content into synthesized speech and braille outp
Est. $900–$1,500
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JAWS Home Perpetual License with SMA JAWS (Job Access With Speech) is a screen reader for Windows PCs that converts on-screen text, menus, and application interfaces into synthesized speech or sends output to a refres
Est. $90–$500
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ZoomText Magnifier/Reader Perpetual License with SMA ZoomText Magnifier/Reader is a Windows software package that enlarges everything on screen—text, images, icons, cursor—up to 60x, while simultaneously reading aloud what you type,
Est. $1,200–$1,600
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FS Student Suite The FS Student Suite is an annual software license that gives students access to JAWS (screen reader for blindness), ZoomText (magnification for low vision), or Fusion (combination
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OpenBook Perpetual License OpenBook is a Windows-based scanning and reading software that uses optical character recognition (OCR) to convert physical printed pages — books, mail, forms, documents — into tex
Est. $500–$1,000
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Fusion Suite Fusion Suite bundles ZoomText screen magnification with JAWS screen reading into a single Windows application — so someone who needs both enlarged text and spoken output doesn't ha
$225.00
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ZoomText Annual Student License ZoomText is a screen magnification and screen reading software package from Freedom Scientific, offered here through APH as an annual student license — meaning the license renews y
Est. $50–$150
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JAWS Annual Student License JAWS (Job Access With Speech) is the world's most widely used screen reader for Windows, converting on-screen text, menus, and interface elements into synthesized speech and braill
Est. $90–$200
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Prodigi for Windows Prodigi for Windows is a low vision software package that combines screen magnification, text-to-speech reading, and document access tools into a single Windows application. It's d
$995.00