Notes, tools, and techniques with regards to accessibility.

2022: Posts tagged #accessibility

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Sara Soueidan explains how to Setting up a screen reader testing environment on your computer. From her document abstract:

When you're designing and developing for accessibility, performing manual testing using a screen reader is important to catch and fix accessibility issues that cannot be caught by automated accessibility testing tools. In this article, which is a modified, text-only excerpt from the Practical Accessibility course, we're going to walk through the process of setting up your screen reader testing environment, from downloading virtualization software if you need it, to installing screen readers, and setting up keyboard configuration. We’ll also learn what screen reader and browser combinations are most relevant for your testing work.

Sara Soueidan
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Manuel Matuzović prepared a tutorial on web.dev: Building the main navigation for a website.

This tutorial describes how to build an accessible main navigation of a website. You learn about semantic HTML, accessibility, and how using ARIA attributes can sometimes do more harm than good.