{"id":321,"date":"2016-03-01T17:30:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T17:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moocap.gpii.eu\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=321"},"modified":"2016-03-01T17:30:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T17:30:14","slug":"screen-reader","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/moocap.gpii.de\/?glossary=screen-reader","title":{"rendered":"Screen reader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Software program that enables a blind person to get information from the screen through synthetic speech, <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Braille&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Tactile writing system using raised dots that is used by blind people. \nBraille is traditionally written on embossed paper, where it uses 6 dots per character. On a computer, a screen reader can turn screen content into Braille, which is displayed on a refreshable Braille display, which uses 8 dots per character. Braille can also be produced with a slate and stylus, with a Braille writer, e.g. a portable Braille note-taker, or on a computer that prints with a Braille embosser.&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/moocap.gpii.de\/?glossary=braille\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>Braille<\/a> or both, and that goes beyond pure <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Text-to-speech software&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Type of application that uses synthetic speech to read selected text aloud and that can be used to help those with reading difficulties. Unlike screen reading, not all the items on a screen are read unless chosen.&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/moocap.gpii.de\/?glossary=text-to-speech-software\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>text-to-speech software<\/a> because it also reads user interface elements such as navigational features and menus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Software program that enables a blind person to get information from the screen through synthetic speech, Braille or both, and that goes beyond pure text-to-speech software because it also reads user interface elements such as navigational features and menus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-321","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moocap.gpii.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moocap.gpii.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moocap.gpii.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moocap.gpii.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moocap.gpii.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moocap.gpii.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}