screen reader

See also: screen-reader and screenreader

English

Etymology

screen +‎ reader.

Noun

screen reader (plural screen readers)

1. (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 Denis Howe, editor, Free On-line Dictionary of Computing‎^[1], retrieved 2022-07-02
• Joe Clark (2004) “Accessibility-related citations for inclusion in the Oxford English Dictionary”

Further reading

• screen reader on Wikipedia.Wikipedia