Screen Reader Mode

Background

A screen reader is a program capable of audiblizing the text appearing on a computer screen for the benefit of visually impaired computer users. Microsoft's Narrator program is an example of a basic screen reader built into Windows. There are other more advanced screen reader program's available including the free NVDA program and the popular JAWS program.

Jarte's Screen Reader Mode

Jarte runs in a special screen reader mode if a recognized screen reader program is already running on the computer when Jarte is started. Jarte uses a special screen reader friendly interface while in screen reader mode. A number of Jarte's visually oriented features are removed from the interface while in screen reader mode (e.g., color related features, interface panels that require visual interaction, etc) to make use of Jarte more straightforward for visually impaired users. Other features are modified slightly to make them more readable to a screen reader.

Issues

Jarte will only enter screen reader mode if a recognized screen reader is running. If Jarte does not enter screen reader mode (the words "screen reader mode" will be in the program title bar when Jarte is running in screen reader mode) then please report the name of the unrecognized screen reader program to Jarte support to ensure the next version of Jarte is modified to recognize your screen reader.

You can temporarily force Jarte into screen reader mode by starting Microsoft's Narrator program, which is built into Windows, and then restart Jarte. Jarte will see the Narrator program is running and automatically enter its screen reader mode. You can then set advanced setting Override Screen Reader to a value of "1" to ensure Jarte always starts in screen reader mode. See topic Advanced Settings for more information about how to change the values of advanced settings.