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Introduction to Screen Readers

Steve Sawczyn, Solutions Architect at Deque Systems, demonstrates how he uses a screen reader to navigate the web. In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), Steve provides developers, designers, business users or anyone new to digital accessibility a first-hand experience of how people who are visually impaired navigate the web.

In this recorded webinar, you will:

  • Experience a screen reader simulation first-hand
  • Understand how a screen reader navigates a web page
  • Hear how a screen reader announces the content on a page
  • Discover common design barriers that trap or make the web inaccessible to persons using assistive technologies
  • Learn an introduction to accessibility testing with screen readers
  • Hear some excellent Q&A

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