Over the last few months I have seen the issue of website accessibility become a much more important consideration to my company’s clients whenever we are building new websites. DDA compliance is no longer just a buzzword, it’s something clients request as an essential requirement. As such, it’s getting increasingly important for Web Developers to consider screen readers as they develop their web pages.
One useful tool for building screen reader friendly web pages is Fangs – a Firefox 3 extension that creates a text version of what a modern screen reader program would read.
I would strongly recommend that every web developer downloads this extension and gives it a try - you may be extremely surprised at the results and find that the accesible website you just built isn’t actually that accessible after all.
Tags: accessibility, fangs
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