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Blind or visually impaired people get access to computers by using a screen reader. A screen reader is a special access program that operates on a database modelling the user interface and presents it in an appropriate form to the user. While in textbased user interfaces this database is fairly simple for graphical user interfaces a more sophisticated design is necessary. This article describes the design issues of such a database as well as an overview of a complete architecture of a screen reader system.
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Kochanek, D. (1994). Designing an offscreen model for a GUI. In: Zagler, W.L., Busby, G., Wagner, R.R. (eds) Computers for Handicapped Persons. ICCHP 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 860. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58476-5_109
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