Screen Readers

Here are a list of popular screen readers:

Bobby
Bobby is a tool that analyzes Web pages for accessibility and conformity to HTML specifications.

Bobby: Single Page Tests
You can test one page at a time online with the free online version of Bobby. You simply insert the address of the Web page to be tested, and Bobby will produce an instant accessibility report.
Bobby: Site Tests
To test more than one page at a time, or even an entire site as a batch, use the downloadable version of Bobby. It costs $99 and is available for:
- Windows (95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP) with JVM
- Windows
- Mac OSX
- UNIX/LINUX
- Solaris
- Solaris with JVM
- Generic (all other Java 1.2-enabled platforms).

CAST eReader
CAST eReader adds spoken voice, visual highlighting, document navigation, or page navigation to any electronic text - Web pages, word documents, scanned-in text, or typed-in text. It is available for both Windows and Macintosh PCs and costs $199, with discounts for multiple licenses.

SSB Technologies' InFocus
InFocus helps Web authors fix Web pages that do not comply with Section 508 standards. Available for Windows, Macintosh, Unix, and Mac OS X and costs $1,795.

JAWS
JAWS for Windows is a popular screen reader software application. JAWS runs on 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT and XP and costs from $895.

Lynx Viewer
The Lynx Viewer is a free online tool that generates a Lynx (text-mode web browser) version of your Web page. You may be surprised at how bad your Web page looks!

Window-Eyes
Window-Eyes is a screen reader with support for multiple users, over 50 speech synthesizers, 40 braille displays, PDF and Macromedia Flash. Window-Eyes runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000 and XP and costs from $595.

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