WebAnywhere is a free web-based open source
screen reader
A screen reader is a form of assistive technology (AT) that renders text and image content as speech or braille output. Screen readers are essential to people who are blindness, blind, and are useful to people who are visual impairment, visually ...
, created at the
University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...
.
Features
Since WebAnywhere is web-based, it is available on all operating systems. Users simply go to the WebAnywhere site and the
screen reader
A screen reader is a form of assistive technology (AT) that renders text and image content as speech or braille output. Screen readers are essential to people who are blindness, blind, and are useful to people who are visual impairment, visually ...
begins working.
History
WebAnywhere was originally created at the
University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...
. It is currently being developed at the
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees.
The University of Roc ...
's ROCHCI Lab.
Release history
External links
WebAnywhere (Click here to use WebAnywhere.)WebAnywhere main project pageWebAnywhere source codeUniversity of Washington Computer Science DepartmentUniversity of Rochester's ROCHCI Lab
Screen readers
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