A short Survey on reading immersion among non-visual readers.

By Gokul, 27 April, 2026

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Hi everyone,
I am writing with a specific ask, and I will keep it short.
I am running a PhD survey on how people read and respond to environmental themes in fictional literature. The survey has been open for about ten days and has had a strong response β€” close to 470 completions. But I have an imbalance I want to fix before it closes. I want to see how people who consume text through alternate media (text to Speech, Audiobooks,) etc respond to the same passages? Is the level/way of emersion same or different? In case there’s a difference, what are the larger implications for the creative writing/publication industry?
To make the modality sub-analysis work β€” that is, the part of my analysis that compares how people who read by listening respond to ecological themes versus people who read visually β€” I specifically need more screen-reader users to fill out my Form.
So my ask: if you use a screen reader, read-aloud features, or any non-visual reading method including braille displays, and you can spare 7–8 minutes, please take the survey. Link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSZCLCB0Vi_yHh6tuQJYHZ3m19AUWC87us1cOvJrpaYfMlOw/viewform
The survey is anonymous, ethics-approved through the University of Kerala, India, and screen-reader-friendly throughout. There is one passage to read and a set of mostly-rating-scale questions.
If you are willing to share this with anyone in the community, JAWS users, NVDA users, or anyone else who might be interested, that would help enormously.
Thank you. Happy to answer questions in the comments.
Also, I know this is not strictly technological stuff, but I’m posting this here since it does concern assistive technology, and since the feedback from the community matters greatly to me. If the Mods feel that this is too off-topic or shouldn’t be here, they’re free to take this down.
Thanks again, Gokul

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By hittsjunk on Monday, April 27, 2026 - 11:12

in my experience, what you get from reading text is subjective. I have incredible visualization skills, so I picture all the scenes. My approach to ecology is based on my location in my background, not something objective.