Screen Reader and Assistive Tech Names Pronunciation
Learn to say popular screen reader and assistive technology names correctly.
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How is JAWS (Job Access With Speech, the most widely used Windows screen reader) correctly pronounced?
JAWS (the screen reader) is pronounced 'JAWZ' — exactly like the everyday word for the mouth's bone structure, one syllable. In a technical interview: "JAWS read out the ARIA label instead of the icon's file name, so we knew our markup was correct."
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How is NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access, a free and open-source screen reader for Windows) correctly pronounced?
NVDA is pronounced 'EN-VEE-DEE-AY' — every letter spoken individually, N-V-D-A. In a technical interview: "NVDA announced the modal dialog immediately after it opened, confirming our focus trap worked correctly."
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How is VoiceOver (built-in screen reader on Apple's macOS and iOS devices) correctly pronounced?
VoiceOver is pronounced 'VOYS-oh-ver' — 'voice' plus 'over', both plain English words. In a technical interview: "VoiceOver skipped straight to the next heading when I swiped, so our heading hierarchy clearly needed fixing."
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How is TalkBack (built-in screen reader on Google's Android operating system) correctly pronounced?
TalkBack is pronounced 'TAWK-bak' — 'talk' plus 'back', both plain English words. In a technical interview: "TalkBack read the button's label out loud, but only after we added the missing content description."
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How is Narrator (built-in screen reader included with Microsoft Windows) correctly pronounced?
Narrator (the Windows screen reader) is pronounced 'NAIR-uh-tur' — exactly like the everyday word for someone telling a story. In a technical interview: "Narrator picked up the live region update the moment the form validation error appeared."