![]() If someone has low vision, they may need to be able to enlarge text and other content. To see what that can be like, disable your mouse or touchpad and only use your keyboard (tab/shift tab, arrow keys, enter key, and spacebar) to navigate and interact with websites and applications. If someone has motor control or other disabilities (including vision impairments) that prevent them from using a mouse, they may use the keyboard to navigate a site. These examples were provided by the GAAD website: Go mouseless for an hour Here are a few things you can try so that you better understand what disabled people face when navigating the web – and what developers and designers need to keep in mind to make our IT environment accessible. What’s it like to use assistive technology? For a demo, watch Web Accessibility Evangelist Lucy Greco at UC Berkeley using a screen reader. The caveat, of course, is that the site must be coded so the screen reader can follow content in a logical order, tell the user what the links actually go to, and generally have things makes sense. ![]() It reads the content of a website or application out loud. What is a screen reader?Ī screen reader is software used by blind or visually impaired people. When you do that, you’ll understand why IT needs to be designed to be accessible to the people who use assistive technologies like screen readers. What does that mean? Well, walk for a minute in someone else’s shoes – particularly someone who is disabled and has to use assistive technology to surf the web, watch a video, or complete an online form. May 17, 2018, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day or “GAAD,” as they say.
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