How are handwritten notes perceived by screen readers.
Transcribe the notes into a computer application that supports output of tagged PDF. Three come to mind; FrameMaker, InDesign, and MS Word (in Windows). - or - Scan the hardcopy and put into PDF. Tag each page's image as a Figure. Add Alternate Text. Alternate or Actual text is available for text input by accessing the Figure element's properties from the Tag tree palette.
A screen reader is a memory resident program that uses a text to speech synthesizer to relay information about what is appearing on the screen. Currently, most Windows screen readers use system hooks to gain access to keyboard input and menu and dialog box messages. It will call the Windows API to determine some information about the current status. It monitors some API functions to catch changes to the cursor, focus, and other elements on the screen. Finally, it creates an off-screen model that contains information about each point on the screen (e.g. character, font, font size, class, etc.). The user can then use a keystroke to access this information when he or she wants to find out about an element on the screen (e.g. the current title in the title bar).
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Scan the hardcopy and put into PDF. Tag each page's image as a Figure. Add Alternate Text.
Alternate or Actual text is available for text input by accessing the Figure element's properties from the Tag tree palette.
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