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Posted in accessibility, mobile on Nov 4th, 2009
WebAim released their 2009 Screen Reader Survey last week, a follow up from last years Screen Reader survey. Very good reading it makes too but of particular interest are results around screen reader choice on the desktop and increased screen reader access on mobile.
For years it’s felt like screen reader users have mainly used IE [...]
Posted in accessibility, opera on Jul 29th, 2009
Support for the Mac native screen reader VoiceOver was added to Opera in version 9.5. This is a quick overview explaining what you can access using VoiceOver with Opera. I’m hoping it will be of use to people with screen readers and developers debugging content alike.
Before you get started, if you’re not already familiar with [...]
Posted in accessibility, standards on Jul 23rd, 2009
I’ve been dipping my toes into Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) lately and wondering how this can be made accessible and usable for all. It seems like a very under used technology which is a pity given it’s potential to be more readable by assitive technologies such as screen readers, braille displays and screen magnification [...]
Posted in accessibility on Mar 10th, 2009
Back in the day when web pages were web pages and not web applications you could just about get away with not testing with a screen reader. Using a combination of text based browsers, accessibility testing tools such as the Web Accessibility Tools consortium Accessibility Toolbar and and browser tools such as Preferences settings in [...]