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screen reader

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See also: screen-reader and screenreader

English

Etymology

From screen +‎ reader.

Noun

screen reader (plural screen readers)

(computing) A software application that speaks aloud information from a computer display, for users with impaired vision. [from 1988.]

Alternative forms

screen-reader, screenreader

Translations

computing: a software application

Finnish: ruudunlukuohjelma
Hungarian: képernyőolvasó
Portuguese: (Brasil) leitor de tela, (Portugal) leitor de ecrã m

References

Denis Howe (1988-10-19), “screen reader”, in Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, retrieved 2 July 2022.
Joe Clark (2004) “Accessibility-related citations for inclusion in the Oxford English Dictionary”

Further reading

screen reader on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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