Effect of Two Different Designs of Screen Readers' Programs on Developing Using The Internet Skills of Blind Middle School Students
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Research aims to know the effect of two different designs of screen readers' programs on using the internet skills of blind middle school students, and the research sample consisted of (8) students from El-thoghr middle school students (Fousol El-Noor )-Jeddah , Where the student has been divided into two experimental groups each of (4) students, According to the research experimental design. After being sure of the homogeneity of the two groups, one program has been applied on the experimental groups, each one with different design, and then the research tools (Performance observation card) have been applied , The research results reached to that there is a statically significant difference at the level of (0.05) between the average scores of the two experimental groups skill performance (For the benefit of the experimental group that studied the screen reader with the hearing supported design).
Keywords: screen readers - internet skills - blind
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