Hey @Emily.S.581,
Thank you for your inquiry. Another Screen Reader you may be interested in is JAWS.
I will also link this course that offers information on Screen Readers in general: https://community.desire2learn.com/d2l/home/18167 . In the Resources Topic, there is a list of other Screen Reader options available.
For more information, please see this Community article that highlights Screen Readers and Brightspace: https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/2695-supporting-screen-reader-users .
Please let us know if this is helpful.
Cheers!
Thanks @Michelle.T.865 for sharing that.
That course with information on Screen Readers: https://community.desire2learn.com/d2l/home/18167 still refers to Chromevox, which is very broken in 2023 (inside Brightspace, and outside, it's end of life'd).
NVDA also skips over a lot of Brightspace content. Meanwhile, many learners are choosing tools like Speechify speechify.com because of the quality and celebrity of readers. Both of these tools skip over content in areas with a lot of header/heading information like discussions.
In particular with Speechify, does anyone have experience or guidance with Speechify?
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