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I couldn't find anything like it, which surprises me. It should be in the interest of companies selling screenreaders that the web is accessible with them. Creating a service where you can submit a link and it shows you a textual representation of how the screenreader sees the page would be immensely useful.


uh, there are a lot of services that do automated scans. These obviously arent completely failsafe, but still give an indicator.

just google relevant keywords https://www.google.com/search?q=accessibility+scan+website

and if you want the full experience: just enable the screen reader and try to use your website with it.

/edit: and i almost forgot: chromes build-in Audit tool in the Developer Panel includes some Accessibility tests as well


These scans are in my experience always just that: they read the source and match it against a set of common anti-patterns. I was talking about something that would tell me how common commercial screen readers interpret an arbitrary new construct. If you have a specific reference to something else, please send me a link!

Screen readers often cost significant amounts of money, and are not trivial to "just turn on".


I believe y4mi was referring to screen reading software, not a physical device. Like VoiceOver on macOS.




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