ExtremeTech: The State of Web Accessibility [via liga1]
As you are composing or reading a web page in the customary way imagine that:
- You are blind and have to use a special device to read the text as it appears on the page from left to right, top to bottom — images will be invisible and you will have to rely on explanatory text provided by the author to find out what they depict.
- You are deaf or your hearing is severely diminished and therefore you cannot hear any audio information or music provided by the author.
- You cannot use your fingers or arms due to physical impairment and you are unable to use a mouse. You may have to use a head or mouth held stylus of some kind — you have to hope the author provides for navigating and actuating hyperlinks using the keyboard.
- You are so color blind that many color combinations confuse you — maybe you cannot distinguish between red and green at all.
- You are so visually impaired that you can only read the screen with a powerful magnifying device or browser — you hope the author has used easily recognizable text fonts and good contrasting backgrounds.
- You only have access to a text reading browser so that no images are displayed at all.
- You have cerebral/central nervous system dysfunction such as palsy or epilepsy that affects your perceptive and retentive capabilities.
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