Lindsey Dragun
Web Developer and accessibility advocate
Think of these as "find all" games, where there are many problems in the file that need to be addressed
People are told to make SVG descriptions very detailed, but many use SVGs for simple features such as icons...
But making someone with a screen reader listen to a long description of your "home" icon is not going to help them.
If you have a Mac or Windows system, you most likely have a built in screen reader.
Windows:
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Mac:
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Disclaimer:
This webpage is Not Good.
I am just a lowly developer
I liked to look for what's THERE before I start looking for what's NOT there.
What are some things we can see on the page or in the code that make the page less accessible?
There are some obvious pieces that the code is missing, and some not-so-obvious ones that would be beneficial. Let's see if we can identify them.
Technically, many issues can be covered by the same fixes, here are some we may have addressed:
A lot of commonly implemented features will require some jQuery or Javascript to become accessible, some examples:
By Lindsey Dragun