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28th November 2011 by Léonie Watson | Web Accessibility

Links are like sign posts. They should tell you what you’ll find when you follow them. Writing good link text isn’t difficult, but there are a few things to be aware of when you do.

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• Accessibility
• HTML
• link

8th July 2011 by Léonie Watson | Web Accessibility

Apple has made accessibility part of the iOS app SDK. With integrated screen magnification and the VoiceOver screen reader available on all recent iOS devices, it’s an ideal platform for great accessibility.

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• a11y
• Accessibility
• iOS accessibility
• screen reader
• UI
• UX

29th June 2011 by Léonie Watson | YouTube

This video from Nomensa demonstrates how ARIA landmark roles help screen reader users understand the purpose of different areas of a web page, such as search, navigation or main content.

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• Web Accessibility

10th June 2011 by Léonie Watson | Web Accessibility

The VizWiz app for the iPhone is humanising technology at its best. It’s a remarkable fusion of social networking and innovative technology. Blind and partially sighted people can take a picture of an object, voice record a question about the object, and send it out into the ether for identification.

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• Accessibility
• app
• assistive technology

16th May 2011 by Léonie Watson | Web Accessibility

The short answer is that you can’t. At the time of writing there isn’t a way to reliably detect whether someone visiting your site is using a screen reader (or screen magnifier). You might have heard that Flash will do the trick, but that might not be quite the solution you’re expecting.

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• Accessibility
• assistive technology
• Flash
• screen reader

15th April 2011 by Léonie Watson | Web Accessibility

When it comes to accessibility testing, there are three approaches. Automated testing, manual testing and user centred testing. All three have their uses, and all three have their limitations. Understanding how they fit together is the key to successful accessibility testing.

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• Accessibility testing
• Automated testing
• Manual testing
• WCAG 2.0

8th March 2011 by Léonie Watson | Web Accessibility

HTML lists are simple but extremely useful. Like HTML headings, they help give semantic meaning to information on a web page. Coded correctly, lists also give screen reader users important insights into the nature of the content they’re exploring.

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• Accessibility
• CSS
• HTML
• HTML5
• Screen readers
• User Experience

21st February 2011 by Léonie Watson | Web Accessibility

Making iOS apps accessible is remarkably straight forward. The iOS SDK includes a few basic accessibility settings (enabled by default for native UIKit controls), that can be accessed through the Interface Developer.

Tags:

• App accessibility
• iOS
• Mobile

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