Learn about accessibility with your eyes closed

 

Learn about the accessibility of web sites with your eyes closed

Here is a short section of a web developer experience after browsing the net with his eyes closed using a screen reader:

“The learning curve is steep! Getting to know the keyboard shortcuts just to move around the page is difficult, as is remembering where those keys are on your own keyboard when you’re blindfolded! Oh yes, I did blindfold myself for the full experience, not at first, but gradually once I became more confident I knew what I was doing. Often I would navigate myself into a corner or option that I was unfamiliar with though, and had to take a peek to discover what had gone wrong”

Read more about David Ball’s experience here

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