Tag: screen readers
Give Your Site Some Focus! Tips for Designing Useful and Usable Focus Indicators
What Are Focus Indicators? Have you ever noticed the blue outlines that sometimes show up around buttons or form fields? What about when you click…
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Why Unique ID Attributes Matter
Ambiguous IDs: Harmless Lurker or Queen of Disaster? A Little Background Duplicate IDs of the most common WCAG 4.1.1 violations reported by automated accessibility testing…
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Ensuring negative numbers are available for everyone
This post is co-authored by Michael Fairchild and Jeremy Katherman. That little minus sign before a number is very important. It can mean the difference…
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Real-Time Remote Usability Testing with Screen Reader Users, Part 2: Tips & Tricks
Here's part 2 of Caitlin Geier's 2-part series on remote usability testing with screen readers. In her second post, Caitlin covers important points to remember when setting up, recording, and observing the test. She offers several helpful and practical suggestions to make remote usability testing as easy as possible for both parties.
Read ArticleReal-Time Remote Usability Testing with Screen Reader Users, Part 1: Practical Overview
This is the first post in Caitlin Geier’s 2-part series, “Tips and Tricks for Real-Time Remote Usability Testing with Screen Readers.” In her introductory post, Caitlin will cover the basics of usability testing, points for consideration and the pros and cons of testing remotely.
Read ArticleHow to Build WAI-ARIA Modal Alert Dialogs: A11y Support Series
In the second part of his accessibility support series, Paul Adam explains how to build an accessible widget with ARIA Modal Alert Dialogs. Learn new tricks on building accessible widgets that go above and beyond the recommendations outlined in the WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices.
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