Screen Reader Proxy

An interface that sits between an automated agent or testing tool and an application, translating programmatic inputs (swipe, double-tap, type) into genuine screen reader gestures and capturing the resulting announcements as structured transcripts. Unlike driving an app via its raw UI hierarchy or pixel tapping, a screen reader proxy routes interactions through the same channel a blind user would experience — for example, via a modified Android TalkBack service — so that detected errors reflect real screen reader user experience rather than an idealised accessibility tree. Screen reader proxies underpin recent agentic accessibility auditing systems such as TaskAudit.