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Learn How to Use ChromeVox Next Screen Reader [Videos]

February 22, 2017 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

Key sequence of shift + search key overlay on the Google Accessibility

When Chrome 56 was released in January 2017, people were excited with the new features, including:

  • Faster page loading
  • HTML 5 by default (disabling the Adobe Flash player)
  • Notification warning for non-secure websites
  • Ability for web apps to communicate with nearby Bluetooth devices

One of the new features I think many people may have overlooked in Chrome 56 was the new ChromeVox screen reader. Continue reading Learn How to Use ChromeVox Next Screen Reader [Videos]

Filed Under: Accessibility Tagged With: chrome, ChromeVox, ChromeVox Next, google, screen reader

Plain Language: Use Descriptive and Meaningful Text in Your Links

December 12, 2015 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

Metal chain links

Have you ever visited a website, selected a link, only to discover the page you were taken to wasn’t what you expected?

Or worse, you selected the link on your mobile device, and a 5MB Excel spreadsheet started to download?

Me too. And it irritates me. Continue reading Plain Language: Use Descriptive and Meaningful Text in Your Links

Filed Under: Accessibility, User experience Tagged With: Digital Gov, link text, plain language, screen reader, webinar

Key Takeaways: UX Fails Accessibility

November 5, 2015 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

Alistair Campbell

While website usability has improved over the past 15 years, the same change hasn’t happened with accessibility, said Alistair Campbell in his Where UX Fails Accessibility talk at Interact London 2015 last month.

Most websites and applications launched today aren’t accessible, said Campbell.

The main reason? Continue reading Key Takeaways: UX Fails Accessibility

Filed Under: Accessibility, User experience Tagged With: Alistair Campbell, design process, Nomensa, recap, screen magnification, screen reader, usability

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