[nabs-l] How do I know or Check if Websites are Accessible With Screen Readers, and how do I make a Website Accessible in order to work with Them?

[Bill K. Dengler]

I replied within the text of the original message as opposed to replying above it as I'm doing now. Just read below the -----Original Message----- line.

Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Mikayla Gephart [mailto:mikgephart at icloud.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 3:51 PM
To: Bill K. Dengler; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Cc: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] How do I know or Check if Websites are Accessible With Screen Readers, and how do I make a Website Accessible in order to work with Them?

What do you mean?

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> On Aug 5, 2014, at 2:37 PM, "Bill K. Dengler via nabs-l" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Replies inline.
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> Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Helga via 
> nabs-l
> Sent: Monday, August 4, 2014 10:41 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] How do I know or Check if Websites are Accessible With Screen Readers, and how do I make a Website Accessible in order to work with Them?
> 
>    Hi everyone! How are you all? I just wanted to ask you, how do I know or check if a website is accessible with an Screen reader? For instance, JAWS, NVDA, Windows Eyes, and many others!
> Try it. Do all controls read properly? Can they be focused with the screen reader? Activated?
> If the site contains dynamic content, is it read out properly?
> Are images properly labeled?
> Do things like meta refresh, etc make it difficult to focus controls with a keyboard?
> Does the site have loud, auto-playing sound that could play over the screen reader making it hard for the user to hear the screen reader well enough to stop the sound?
> And if it is not, how can I make it accessible in order to work with them?
> Be sure that all images are properly labeled. This can be done with the alt attribute, like so : 
> <img src="/path/to/my/image.jpg" alt="insert description here"></img> 
> If your description is more than about three sentences, you'll probably want to have two descriptions, a short description, and a long description in a separate HTML document, like so :
> <img src="/path/to/my/image.jpg" alt="short description here" 
> longdesc="/path/to/my/longdesc.htm"></img>
> It is important to have both short and long description, as some browsers don't support long descriptions.
> If you have links or buttons with images for labels, don't forget those images need alt tags as well!
> Don't use Flash. In addition to the fact that it doesn't work on mobile devices, it doesn't work with screen readers. Use HTML5 instead, 99% of your users are on modern browsers and the other 1% need to upgrade.
> Don't have auto-playing sound.
> Test your site regularly with a screen reader. NVDA, available at http://nvda.sf.net and Chrome Vox available in the Chrome Web Store are good choices.
> Let me Google "making websites accessible" for you (this info should be helpful ):
> https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=making+websites+accessible
> 
> I’m just wondering! I will really appreciate it if you can help me with this! Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks and God bless!  
> Helga Schreiber
> 
> Fundraiser Coordinator for Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Delta Iota chapter 
> Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida Association of 
> Blind Students Member of The International Networkers Team (INT) 
> Independent Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research
> 
> Phone: (561) 706-5950
> Email: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com
> Skype: helga.schreiber26
> 4Life Website: http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx
> INT Website: http://int4life.com/
> 
> "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that 
> whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 
> 3:16
> 
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