Assistive Technology Survey 2023

Thank you for taking part in the 2023 Assistive Technology Survey.

The survey will take 10-15 minutes to complete, though it may take longer depending on your answers. 
 
Please allow yourself enough time to complete the survey, as you will not be able to save your answers (it must be completed in 1 attempt). 

All questions are optional unless marked (required).

Region
Which country do you currently live in?

Age
Please choose your age group

About You
Are you currently working?
Which type of work do you do?
Are you currently studying?
Which type of study you do?
Do you care for someone else?

Disability
Ability
Which disabilities do you have? (Select all that apply)
How would you describe your level of vision?
Which of following types of low vision do you have? (Select all that apply)

Your Primary Device
Which device do you use most often to browse the web?
Which statement best describes your experience with this device?

Your Primary Device: Desktop or Laptop
Which operating system do you have on your main desktop or laptop computer?
Which version of Windows do you have on your main desktop or laptop computer?
Which version of macOS do you have on your main desktop or laptop computer?
Which web browser do you use most on your main desktop or laptop computer?
How do you navigate on your main desktop or laptop computer?

Your Primary Device: Mobile Phone
Which type of mobile phone do you have?
Which version of Apple iPhone do you have?
Which operating system do you have on your Apple iPhone?
Which Android phone do you have?
Which operating system do you have on your Android Phone?
Which web browser do you use most on your mobile phone?
How do you navigate on your mobile phone?

Your Primary Device: Tablet
Which type of tablet do you have?

Your Primary Device: Smart Home Device
Which kind of smart home device do you use? (select all that apply)
Do you use any accessibility settings on your smart home device?
In the past 6 months, how many times have you used a voice assistant (such as Siri or Google Assistant) on your smart home device?

Assistive Technology
In the past 6 months, which of the following assistive technologies or adaptive strategies did you use? (Select all that apply)

Screen Reader Software
Which devices do you most often use your screen reader with? (Select all that apply)
Which screen reader do you use with your Windows Laptop/Desktop computer? (Select all that apply)
Which version of JAWS are you using?
Which version of NVDA are you using?
Which version of Fusion are you using?
Which version of ZoomText are you using?
Which screen reader do you use with you Macbook/iMac?
Which screen reader do you use with your Android phone?
Which screen reader do you use with your iPhone?
In the last 6 months, how frequently did you use a screen reader?
Which statement best describes your experience with screen reader technology?
Do you customise the settings on your screen reader technology?

Screen Magnifier Software
Which devices do you most often use your screen magnifier with? (Select all that apply)
Which screen magnifier software do you use most on your Windows Laptop/Desktop?
Which screen magnifier layout do you use most often?
Which version of ZoomText are you using?
What screen magnifier software do you with your Macbook/iMac?
Which screen magnifier do you use with your Android phone?
What screen magnifier software do you use with your iPhone?
In the last 6 months, how frequently did you use a screen magnifier?
Which statement best describes your experience with screen magnifier technology?
Approximately what level of magnification do you usually use with your screen magnifier?
Do you customise the settings on your screen magnifier technology?

Browser Zoom
Which devices do you most often use your browser zoom with? (Select all that apply)
Which browsers do you most often use your browser zoom with on your desktop or laptop? (Select all that apply)
Which browsers do you most often use your browser zoom with on your mobile device? (Select all that apply)
Approximately what level of browser zoom do you use most?
In the last 6 months, how frequently did you use browser zoom?
Which statement best describes your experience with browser zoom technology?
Do you customise the settings on your browser zoom?

Browser Text Size Settings
Which devices do you most often adjust browser text size settings? (Select all that apply)
Which browsers do you most often adjust browser text size settings with on your desktop or laptop computer? (Select all that apply)
Which browsers do you most often adjust browser text size settings with on your on your mobile device? (Select all that apply)
Which size do you usually set the text to when enlarging it on your browser?
In the last 6 months, how frequently did you use adjusted browser text size settings?
Which statement best describes your experience with browser text size settings?

Colour Changes Using Browser Settings
On Which devices do you most often make changes to colour using browser settings? (Select all that apply)
Which browsers do you most often make changes to colour using browser settings with on your desktop or laptop computer? (Select all that apply)
Which browsers do you most often make changes to colour using browser settings with on your mobile device? (Select all that apply)
Which browser colour adjustment do you use the most?
In the last 6 months, how frequently did you use colour change in browser settings?
Which statement best describes your experience with colour change in browser settings?

Custom Style Sheets (CSS)
On which devices do you most often make changes using custom style sheets? (Select all that apply)
Which browsers do you most often make changes using custom style sheets on your desktop or laptop computer? (Select all that apply)
Which browsers do you most often make changes using custom style sheets on your mobile device? (Select all that apply)
When using custom styles, what do you commonly change? (Select all that apply)
In the last 6 months, how frequently did you use custom style sheets?
Which statement best describes your experience with custom style sheets?

High Contrast Mode or Settings
Which type of contrast do you commonly use?
Where do you prefer to make changes to high contrast mode? (Select all that apply)
On which devices do you most often use high contrast mode or settings? (Select all that apply)
Which browsers do you most often use high contrast settings on your desktop or laptop computer? (Select all that apply)
Which browsers do you most often use high contrast settings on your mobile phone? (Select all that apply)
In the last 6 months, how frequently did you use high contrast settings?
Which statement best describes your experience with high contrast mode?

Operating System Settings
On which devices do you most often make changes to operating system settings? (Select all that apply)
When changing operating system settings, what do you commonly change? (Select all that apply)
In the last 6 months, how frequently did you change operating system settings?
Which statement best describes your experience with operating system settings?

Text-to-speech Tools
On which devices do you most often use text-to-speech tools? (Select all that apply)
Which text-to-speech tools do you commonly use? (Select all that apply)
In the last 6 months, how frequently did you use text-to-speech tools?
Which statement best describes your experience with text-to-speech tools?

Audio Reader with DAISY Capability
In the last 6 months, how frequently did you use an audio reader with DASIY capability?
Which statement best describes your experience using audio readers with DAISY capabilities?

BrailleReader
To which devices do you most often connect your BrailleReader? (Select all that apply)
In the last 6 months, how frequently did you use a BrailleReader?
Which statement best describes your experience using a BrailleReader?

Communication Board
In the last 6 months, how frequently did you use a communication board?
Which statement best describes your experience using a communication board?

Dragon NaturallySpeaking
On which devices do you most often use Dragon NaturallySpeaking? (Select all that apply)
Which browsers do you most often use Dragon NaturallySpeaking with on your desktop or laptop computer? (Select all that apply)
Which browsers do you most often use Dragon NaturallySpeaking with on your Mobile phone? (Select all that apply)
In the last 6 months, how frequently did you use Dragon NaturallySpeaking?
Which statement best describes your experience with Dragon NaturallySpeaking?

Gesture to Voice Technology
On which devices do you most often use gesture to voice technology? (Select all that apply)
Which browsers do you most often use gesture to voice technology with on your desktop or laptop computer? (Select all that apply)
Which browsers do you most often use gesture to voice technology with on your mobile phone? (Select all that apply)
In the last 6 months, how frequently did you use gesture to voice technology?
Which statement best describes your experience with gesture to voice technology?

Seeing AI
On which devices do you most often use Seeing AI technology? (Select all that apply)
In the last 6 months, how frequently did you use Seeing AI technology?
Which statement best describes your experience with Seeing AI technology?

Other
Do you use the ‘listen’ icon on websites to have pages read to you? For example, Read Speaker webreader: Listen or Read aloud: Listen to this website
When performing important tasks online, such as banking or government-related tasks, what device would you likely use?
When performing general tasks online, such as shopping or social media related tasks, what device would you likely use?
When using an accessibility overlay, which statement best describes your experience?
How did you find the experience of purchasing and/or downloading and installing your assistive technology?
If you were given the choice of using an accessible document, which format would you choose?

Future Opportunities
Would you like to be contacted for future surveys? (Required)
Would you like to be contacted about paid opportunities to provide feedback on specific websites and apps? (Required)

Contact Details
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