This is a comparison of some

screen reader A screen reader is a form of assistive technology (AT) that renders text and image content as speech or braille output. Screen readers are essential to blindness, blind people, and are useful to visually impaired people, Illiteracy, illiterate, ...

programs.

Current screen readers

Discontinued and/or obsoleted screen readers

Software aids for people with reading difficulties

Automatik Text Reader ''Automatik Text Reader'' was a free and open source add-on for Firefox providing text-to-speech functions available from the Mozilla Add-ons collection. It supports multiple languages and accents and is capable of autonomously recognizing the l ...

from Davide Baldini (Firefox extension) * Balabolka from Ilya Morozov * BrowseAloud from Texthelp Systems Inc * Capture Assistant from Renovation Software * Check Meiste
Screen Reader
for Mac OS and Windows * ClaroRead from Claro Software * Claro ScreenRuler Suite from Claro Software * ClickHear from gh LLC * ClickHear Mobile from gh LLC * ClipSpeak (last update: 2009) from Daniel Innala Ahlmark * EasyTutor from Dolphin Computer Access * EnVision: basic multi-featured Windows accessibility tool * Kurzweil 1000 (for the visually impaired) and Kurzweil 3000-firefly (for those with reading or writing difficulty) from

Kurzweil Educational Systems Kurzweil Education (formerly Kurzweil Educational Systems) is an American-based company that provides educational technology. Kurzweil Education provides literacy solutions, tools and training for those with learning differences and challenges, ...

* Penfriend from Penfriend Ltd * ReadHear from gh LLC * ReadSpeaker from ReadSpeaker Holding B.V. * Read & Write from TextHelp Systems * ReadPlease from ReadPlease Corporation * Read:OutLoud from Don Johnston, Inc. * Screen Reader fro
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(no longer available, latest trial version can be obtained from other download sites) * SodelsCotSodels.com
/ref> from Sodels Factory * TextAloud from NextUp.com * Ultra Hal TTS Reader from Zabaware, Inc. * yRead from Spacejock Software

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