No Screen Reader? No Problem! Go WebAnywhere.

Thanks to lodroridgzin, I ran acroos a web-based screen reader, WebAnywhere.

WebAnywhere is a non-visual interface to the web that requires no new software to be downloaded or installed. It works right in the browser, which means you can access it from any computer, even locked-down public computer terminals. WebAnywhere enables you to interact with the web in a similar way to how you may have used other screen readers, such as JAWS or Window-Eyes, before.

It’s in an early alpha pre-release version. There is a demonstration video here:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfjD06aOxts

There is another YouTube video of the developers presenting the WebAnywhere project Google Tech Talks in 2007.

Google Tech Talks August 16, 2007 ABSTRACT The web offers blind people the promise of independent access to a wealth of information, but to realize that promise each computer used must have a $10…

Tags: blind, demonstration, google, screen readers, video, youtube, youtube video

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