Windows Screen Reader User Survey in Japan

摘要

We conducted a Windows screen reader user survey to gather information on Windows accessibility by blind and visually impaired PC users in Japan. Its results show that nearly half of respondents were using more than one screen reader. As for hardware, half of them were using scanners and one sixth of them Braille printers and Braille displays at workplaces. As for software, more than half of respondents were using word processors or editors, e-mail software, voiced Internet browsers, spreadsheets, CD-ROM dictionary viewers, and OCR software. The commonest problem respondents faced when they learned Windows was that Windows was hard to comprehend.