how do screenreader users actually select, copy text?

Hi,

I'm trying to make an annotation solution for visually disabled
screenreader users, as such the closest workflow I can imagine is
similar to that of selecting and copying text. reading through the
description of how various screenreaders implement select text I have
to image it works like this:

Screenreader user listening to text being read - 'saves a lot of
space. Chromosomes are always found in the nucleus of eukaryotic
cells; all eukaryotic'
decides I want to copy that text I just listened to, must go back to
beginning of line, and then start listening word by word until they
get to 'leaves' , then go back one word again to before leaves and
then select until the end of the text.

Is this the correct workflow / how the experience actually is for
people selecting text? Or is there another way of selecting text that
a screenreader user would probably use to make it significantly easier
to select text?

Thanks,
Bryan Rasmussen

Received on Tuesday, 5 October 2021 09:17:32 UTC