Browsing with speech recognition (YouTube)
Dragon is a commercial speech recognition software. It does not have a free trial version. Fully licensed installs are available to use on the HMRC accessibility lab laptops.
Install Dragon version 15 or later
- Use Chrome browser
- Perform the common checks as listed in the What to look for section below
- Complete the user journey using speech only
Speech Recognition is free software built into Windows 10
Settings > Ease of Access > Speech
You might need to install a speech language pack under Settings > Time & language > Speech before using Speech Recognition for the first time.
- Use Edge browser
- Perform the common checks as listed in the What to look for section below
- Complete the user journey using speech only
Voice Control is free software built into the latest versions of macOS
System Settings > Accessibility > Voice Control
- Use Safari browser
- Perform the common checks as listed in the What to look for section below
- Complete the user journey using speech only
Voice control is free software built into the latest versions of iOS
Settings > Accessibility > Voice Control
- Use Safari browser
- Perform the common checks as listed in the What to look for section below
- Complete the user journey using speech only
Voice Access is free software for Android
You may need to install Voice Access from Play Store
Settings > Accessibility > Voice Access
- Use Chrome browser
- Perform the common checks as listed in the What to look for section below
- Complete the user journey using speech only
- check all links, buttons and inputs can be accessed directly. Where possible this should be done via a unique name. Where this is not possible (for example a check your answers page with multiple 'change' links) saying the visible name should provide the user with numbered options to select from. Using the grid overlay should be a last resort and if required will need additional investigation.
- check all inputs can be entered without issue