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November 2016</time> - <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">Categories: </span> <a href="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/category/access-needs/" rel="category tag">Access needs</a>, <a href="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/category/accessibility/" rel="category tag">Accessibility</a>, <a href="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/category/assistive-technology/" rel="category tag">Assistive technology</a></div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p class="p1">Back in May we launched an <a href="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/05/16/take-the-gov-uk-2016-assistive-technology-survey/">online survey</a> which ran for 6 weeks. The survey asked users about what devices, web browsers and assistive technology they use to access GOV.UK.</p> <p class="p1">We got 712 completed surveys back, all of whom are from people using some form of assistive technology. We'd like to thank everyone who took part.</p> <p class="p1">Here is a summary of the results.</p> <h2>Types of assistive technology used to access GOV.UK</h2> <p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-568 size-full" src="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-01.png" alt=" " width="1292" height="692" srcset="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-01.png 1292w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-01-310x166.png 310w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-01-768x411.png 768w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-01-620x332.png 620w" sizes="(max-width: 1292px) 100vw, 1292px" /></p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <th><strong>Assistive technology</strong></th> <th><b>Proportion of respondents</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>Screen magnifier</td> <td>30%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Screen reader</td> <td>29%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Speech recognition</td> <td>18%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Readability</td> <td>15%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other</td> <td>8%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Types of screen magnifier</h2> <p>30% of users told us that they use a screen magnifier. 38% of those magnifiers have screen reader capabilities. ZoomText is the most commonly used in both categories.</p> <p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-569 size-full" src="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-02.png" alt=" " width="1292" height="692" srcset="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-02.png 1292w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-02-310x166.png 310w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-02-768x411.png 768w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-02-620x332.png 620w" sizes="(max-width: 1292px) 100vw, 1292px" /></p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <th><strong>Screen magnifier</strong></th> <th><b>Proportion of respondents</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>ZoomText</td> <td>54.3%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Supernova</td> <td>10.9%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Magic</td> <td>3.9%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other</td> <td>17.1%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Don't know</td> <td>14%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Types of screen magnifier with screen reader capabilities</h2> <p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-570 size-full" src="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-03.png" alt=" " width="1292" height="692" srcset="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-03.png 1292w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-03-310x166.png 310w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-03-768x411.png 768w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-03-620x332.png 620w" sizes="(max-width: 1292px) 100vw, 1292px" /></p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <th><strong>Screen magnifier with screen reader capabilities</strong></th> <th><b>Proportion of respondents</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>ZoomText</td> <td>57.3%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Supernova</td> <td>23.2%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Magic</td> <td>6.1%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other</td> <td>6.1%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Don't know</td> <td>11%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Types of screen reader</h2> <p>29% of assistive technology users are accessing GOV.UK with a screen reader. The most commonly used is JAWS, followed by VoiceOver (72% of which is on iOS).</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-571 size-full" src="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-04.png" alt=" " width="1292" height="1575" srcset="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-04.png 1292w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-04-310x378.png 310w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-04-768x936.png 768w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-04-620x756.png 620w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1292px) 100vw, 1292px" /></p> <table width="351"> <tbody> <tr> <th><strong>Screen reader</strong></th> <th><b>Proportion of respondents</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>JAWS</td> <td>38.5%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VoiceOver</td> <td>21.2%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>NVDA</td> <td>12%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Supernova</td> <td>3.8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>WindowEyes</td> <td>2.9%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Guide</td> <td>2.4%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Talkback</td> <td>1.9%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Narrator</td> <td>1%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ChromeVox</td> <td>1%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Orca</td> <td>0.5%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other</td> <td>7.7%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Don't know</td> <td>7.2%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Breakdown of JAWS by version</h2> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-572 size-full" src="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-05.png" alt=" " width="1292" height="1067" srcset="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-05.png 1292w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-05-310x256.png 310w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-05-768x634.png 768w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-05-620x512.png 620w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1292px) 100vw, 1292px" /></p> <table width="351"> <tbody> <tr> <th><strong>Version of JAWS</strong></th> <th><b>Proportion of respondents</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>JAWS 17</td> <td>40.5%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>JAWS 15</td> <td>19%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>JAWS 16</td> <td>13.9%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>JAWS 14</td> <td>10.1%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>JAWS 13</td> <td>5.1%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>JAWS 12</td> <td>2.5%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>JAWS 11 or older</td> <td>6.3%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Don't know</td> <td>2.5%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Types of speech-recognition solution</h2> <p>Dragon Naturallyspeaking for Windows has the highest usage in this category. The majority of users are still running version 12. This does not take advantage of ARIA support, which was not introduced until version 13.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-573 size-full" src="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-06.png" alt=" " width="1292" height="1154" srcset="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-06.png 1292w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-06-310x277.png 310w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-06-768x686.png 768w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-06-620x554.png 620w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1292px) 100vw, 1292px" /></p> <table width="351"> <tbody> <tr> <th><strong>Speech recogniser<br /> </strong></th> <th><b>Proportion of respondents</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>Dragon Naturallyspeaking 12 for Windows</td> <td>32%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dragon Naturallyspeaking 11 for Windows</td> <td>28.9%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dragon Naturallyspeaking 13 for Windows</td> <td>23.4%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dragon Naturallyspeaking for Mac</td> <td>3.1%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other</td> <td>7.4%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Don't know</td> <td>5.5%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Types of reading solution</h2> <p>The most commonly used in this category is Read and Write. This product is aimed at users who have dyslexia. So it came as no surprise to learn that a number of Read and Write users also had Dragon Naturallyspeaking running in tandem.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-574 size-full" src="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-07.png" alt=" " width="1292" height="558" srcset="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-07.png 1292w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-07-310x134.png 310w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-07-768x332.png 768w, https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2016/10/accessibility-survey-charts-v2-07-620x268.png 620w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1292px) 100vw, 1292px" /></p> <table width="351"> <tbody> <tr> <th><strong>Reading solution</strong></th> <th><b>Proportion of respondents</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td>Read and write</td> <td>68.4%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ClaraRead</td> <td>6.1%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other</td> <td>14.9%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Don't know</td> <td>10.5%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Web browsers</h2> <p class="p1">Generally Google Chrome appears to be the dominant web browser. For more information see the Technology at GDS blog post: <a href="https://gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk/2016/10/21/gaining-understanding-of-the-browsers-people-use">Gaining understanding of the browsers people use.</a> However, amongst assistive technology users Google’s web browser isn’t quite so popular.</p> <p class="p1">The most common browser and assistive technology combinations are:</p> <ul> <li class="p1">JAWS with Internet explorer 11</li> <li class="p1">VoiceOver with Safari</li> <li class="p1">NVDA with Firefox</li> <li class="p1">Zoom text with Internet Explorer 11</li> <li class="p1">Dragon naturally speaking with Internet Explorer 11</li> <li class="p1">Read and Write with Internet Explorer 11</li> </ul> <h2 class="p1">Some of the things users told us about GOV.UK</h2> <p class="p1">A significant number of users told us that overall they are happy with the level of accessibility on GOV.UK. Some respondents even gave it high praise due to the clean and simple design. However, some users said they found the black text on a white background difficult to read.</p> <p class="p1">Other users reported usability issues with start now pages, as the things you need to know before you start appear after the 'Start Now’ button, which can be missed by screen reader and screen magnification users.</p> <p class="p1">Several users reported that the search results page is too complicated, as there are too many options to navigate. Users felt that the interface should be cleaner to easily find the search results with perhaps an option to display advanced features for those who need more granularity when filtering.</p> <p class="p1">We also learnt that many assistive technology users found PDFs hard to use and asked for content to be in HTML instead.</p> <h2>Next steps</h2> <p>We are using the survey results to help us decide which assistive technologies we will use to test GOV.UK. We will also use the results to help us decide which assistive technologies we will advise other departments to test with.</p> <p>We have started a series of workshops looking at how to address accessibility issues with PDFs. We plan to carry out more user research to further investigate accessibility issues.</p> <p>We are also planning future blog posts to share more information about assistive technologies and the responses to this survey.</p> </div> <div class="footer single"> </div> </article> <nav class="page-numbers-container page-navigation" aria-label="Pagination"> <div class="previous"> <a href="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/02/dos-and-donts-on-designing-for-accessibility/" rel="prev">Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility</a> </div> <div class="next"> <a href="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/11/15/accessibility-and-me-dealing-with-dyslexia/" rel="next">Accessibility and me: Dealing with dyslexia</a> </div> </nav> <h2 class="govuk-visually-hidden">Sharing and comments</h2> <div class="icons-buttons"> <h3>Share this page</h3> <ul> <li> <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer&url=https%3A%2F%2Faccessibility.blog.gov.uk%2F2016%2F11%2F01%2Fresults-of-the-2016-gov-uk-assistive-technology-survey%2F&text=Results+of+the+2016+GOV.UK+assistive+technology+survey" class="twitter">Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faccessibility.blog.gov.uk%2F2016%2F11%2F01%2Fresults-of-the-2016-gov-uk-assistive-technology-survey%2F" class="facebook">Facebook</a> </li> <li> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Faccessibility.blog.gov.uk%2F2016%2F11%2F01%2Fresults-of-the-2016-gov-uk-assistive-technology-survey%2F" class="linkedin">LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> <a href="mailto:?subject=I wanted to share this post with you from Accessibility in government&body=Results of the 2016 GOV.UK assistive technology survey https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/11/01/results-of-the-2016-gov-uk-assistive-technology-survey/" class="email">Email</a> </li> </ul> <div class="govuk-clearfix"></div> </div> <section id="comments" class="comments"> <h3 class="govuk-heading-m">7 comments</h3> <ol class="media-list"> <li id="comment-2680" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 media comment-2680"> <div class="media-body"> <p class="govuk-body media-heading"> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">Comment by</span> <span class="author">Benjamin Blackwoood</span> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">posted on </span> <time datetime="2016-11-03T21:40:43+00:00">03 November 2016</time> </p> <div class="comment-body"> <p>Very insightful. Thanks! We're trying to work out what browser/screen reader combinations to test on at my company, so this data is super useful!</p> <div class="comment-links"> <a href="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/11/01/results-of-the-2016-gov-uk-assistive-technology-survey/#comment-2680" rel="external nofollow">Link to this comment</a> </div> </div> <ul class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 media unstyled comment-2680"> <li id="comment-2704" class="comment even depth-2 media comment-2704"> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">Replies to Benjamin Blackwoood></span> <div class="media-body"> <p class="govuk-body media-heading"> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">Comment by</span> <span class="author">Stan Pattison</span> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">posted on </span> <time datetime="2016-11-18T15:20:06+00:00">18 November 2016</time> </p> <div class="comment-body"> <p>In the general blind population the free screen reader NVDA is probably more common, especially in Australia, where it is developed. In rich countries, where government employees etc. have assistave tech. provided for themJaws is more common.I guess that NVDA and Firefox are the combination that many home users choose. This is, by its nature, a small, restricted sample.</p> <div class="comment-links"> <a href="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/11/01/results-of-the-2016-gov-uk-assistive-technology-survey/#comment-2704" rel="external nofollow">Link to this comment</a> </div> </div> </div></li> </ul></div></li> <li id="comment-2686" class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1 media comment-2686"> <div class="media-body"> <p class="govuk-body media-heading"> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">Comment by</span> <span class="author">Mauro</span> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">posted on </span> <time datetime="2016-11-07T00:33:35+00:00">07 November 2016</time> </p> <div class="comment-body"> <p>I've developed the HTML/CSS/JS framework that is going to be use on the next version of nsw.gov.au (New South Wales - Australia). I wasn't sure which screen reader to use to test the framework. Now, thanks to this article, I have peace of mind knowing that I choosed the right one, JAWS.</p> <p>Thanks for sharing this information!.</p> <div class="comment-links"> <a href="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/11/01/results-of-the-2016-gov-uk-assistive-technology-survey/#comment-2686" rel="external nofollow">Link to this comment</a> </div> </div> </div></li> <li id="comment-2689" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 media comment-2689"> <div class="media-body"> <p class="govuk-body media-heading"> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">Comment by</span> <span class="author">Richard</span> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">posted on </span> <time datetime="2016-11-07T15:42:35+00:00">07 November 2016</time> </p> <div class="comment-body"> <p>It would be interesting to know more about the respondents. For example the use of Jaws and ZoomText, both very expensive, might indicate the users are coming from a corporate perspective.<br /> Otherwise great to have another study available.</p> <div class="comment-links"> <a href="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/11/01/results-of-the-2016-gov-uk-assistive-technology-survey/#comment-2689" rel="external nofollow">Link to this comment</a> </div> </div> <ul class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1 media unstyled comment-2689"> <li id="comment-2869" class="comment even depth-2 media comment-2869"> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">Replies to Richard></span> <div class="media-body"> <p class="govuk-body media-heading"> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">Comment by</span> <span class="author">Cat Macaulay</span> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">posted on </span> <time datetime="2017-03-11T09:47:32+00:00">11 March 2017</time> </p> <div class="comment-body"> <p>Great study thanks folks incredibly helpful - as with previous comment if you have any data about respondents be great to get a break down.</p> <div class="comment-links"> <a href="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/11/01/results-of-the-2016-gov-uk-assistive-technology-survey/#comment-2869" rel="external nofollow">Link to this comment</a> </div> </div> </div></li> </ul></div></li> <li id="comment-3019" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 media comment-3019"> <div class="media-body"> <p class="govuk-body media-heading"> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">Comment by</span> <span class="author">Jesse</span> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">posted on </span> <time datetime="2017-08-19T18:59:32+01:00">19 August 2017</time> </p> <div class="comment-body"> <p>I often read your article for getting a clear idea. A Unique idea thanks for sharing. This post is really useful.</p> <div class="comment-links"> <a href="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/11/01/results-of-the-2016-gov-uk-assistive-technology-survey/#comment-3019" rel="external nofollow">Link to this comment</a> </div> </div> </div></li> <li id="comment-3136" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 media comment-3136"> <div class="media-body"> <p class="govuk-body media-heading"> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">Comment by</span> <span class="author">Kev</span> <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">posted on </span> <time datetime="2017-11-29T11:33:31+00:00">29 November 2017</time> </p> <div class="comment-body"> <p>It amazes me how poorly Chrome behaves with NVDA and JAWS. </p> <p>Whenever I perform screen reader tests for my UI dev work, I use NVDA + Firefox, and JAWS + IE11.</p> <div class="comment-links"> <a href="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/11/01/results-of-the-2016-gov-uk-assistive-technology-survey/#comment-3136" rel="external nofollow">Link to this comment</a> </div> </div> </div></li> </ol> </section> </div> <div class="govuk-grid-column-one-third sidebar-contain"> <div class="sidebar"> <h2 class="govuk-heading-m govuk-visually-hidden">Related content and links</h2> <section class="widget about_widget"><h3>Accessibility in government</h3><p>This is for everyone: documenting how we're rebuilding inclusive digital services across the UK Government.<br /> <a href="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/about/">Find out more</a></p> </section><section class="widget text-5 widget_text"><div class="widget-inner"> <div class="textwidget"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1617" src="https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2019/09/Accessibility_Blog.png" alt="showing accessible and inaccessible text" width="300" height="201" /></p> <p><b>How accessible is your website?</b></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Public sector organisations have a legal duty to make websites accessible. 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