Screenreader

Carly demos JAWS on a PC and VoiceOver on an iOS device, for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).

Screen Reader Demo for Digital Accessibility.

A long time ago (2008) I wrote an article: Screen Readers lack emphasis. At the time, 15 years ago, the screen readers tested did not signify the semantics of text […]

In this webinar you’ll learn how and why semantic HTML helps screen reader users browse your website, whilst being mostly transparent to people who do not us...

Understanding how people with disabilities browse the web using assistive technologies (AT) is core to making an accessible and inclusive user experience. In...

Some common patterns that stood out to me during usability interviews with frequent screen reader users.

If you build calendars on the web and abbreviate the days in the column headings (you do use column headings, yeah?), this is how it sounds to a JAWS user. Sorry, your browser doesn’t support embedded videos, but don’t worry, you can download it. The caption file is also available…

For those of us who use screen reading software such as JAWS, NVDA, or VoiceOver to access information on...

We can all agree that abbreviations like acronyms usually need to be defined, but what if the HTML method we use isn’t accessible to all users?

Emphasis and other text-level semantics are normally ignored by screen readers, so it you’re relying on them for meaning you could be in trouble.

In September of 2017 Gerard K. Cohen of Unfettered Thoughts posted an article on the how VoiceOver and Safari (Webkit) (macOS and iOS) remove list element se...

With that bit of additional CSS, we are able to return the list semantics for VoiceOver users without needing to touch the markup.

If you are a web developer working on a Mac, you can become a hero for thousands of people out there by assuring that anything you create for the web can be read properly by a screen reader. This blog post is going to teach you how to access and wield this super power that is built into the OS you use everyday.

» Screenreader support for text-level semantics

Mit iOS 12.2 hat Apple eine Funktion eingeführt, mit der Webseiten mitgeteilt wird, dass ein Anwender Hilfstechnik, insbesondere den Screenreader VoiceOver eins

A sighted user puts himself in the shoes of a non-sighted user. Chris Ashton experiences first-hand difficulties that visually impaired users face and describes what we can do as web developers to help.

On the eighth day of Xmas, Callum Macrae shows us how to test our websites using a screen reader. Accessibility is an important factor when building any website and while following checklists to en…

How to hide inline SVG used for decorative icons from screen readers.

The headline is intentional hyperbole, chosen mostly for the sloppy alliteration. When sighted users test with a screen reader it is common to rely on the visual output — checking to see where focus goes, confirming that controls behave, watching the spoken output in a text log. The problem is…

The title of this post is pretty specific. It relates to the meme on Twitter where users identify a trait or preference that they see as problematic, and identify it as a red flag. The emoji represents the red flag. For example: A stylized red flag Blaming Screen Readers 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩…

User experience designers guide - How to document the screen reader user experience for web content. Using your visual as a starting point, we’ll take you step by step through how to document the screen reader UX introducing concepts along the way.

Accessibility consultancy with a focus on inclusion. We can help you with knowledge, experience, strategy, assessments, and development.

Accessibility consultancy with a focus on inclusion. We can help you with knowledge, experience, strategy, assessments, and development.

Sie finden im Folgenden unterschiedliche Informationen, welche Ihnen als blinde Person den Start mit dem freien Screenreader NVDA erleichtern sollen. NVDA-Anlei

To screen readers, a lot of the visual information that is presented on a webpage is lost. Because of this, we need to specifically provide information to them that may be obvious to a person looking at the page. One common way people define information specifically for screen readers is