[games_access] Making Websites and Web Content Marked for Proper Accessibility especially for screen readers

[Chad Philip Johnson]

Yeah, I can understand how it would be faster in many cases to just copy 
and paste.  That said, I think it would be a worthwhile exercise for 
people to try browsing the Internet for a day or two using only Lynx.  I 
did it because I was tired of all the unnecessary garbage that is thrown 
in webpages, and also because it allowed me to stay in the Linux 
terminal when looking something up on the Internet.

For everyday computer users, it would be ideal if all websites supported 
a text-only mode for providing just the important information contained 
within a site.  But this approach is not very popular since it means 
turning off advertisements and such--it's hard to sell knick-knacks 
without a fancy attention-grabbing graphic.

Here's an article I just found about Lynx and browser accessibility with 
a quick Google search: 
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/using-lynx-to-test-modern-websites-for-accessibility/31731

Chad Philip Johnson
Anacronist Software

On 03/22/2016 08:51 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
> Hello,
> That browser looks cool, but I try to keep the amount of programs on 
> my computer down. So what works 90% of the time is the copy and paste. 
> Only things that don't show up are the labels of the elements such as 
> link, button, checkbox and whatnot. But those are things my screen 
> reader reads that most people don't see.
> Thanks,
>
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Chad Philip Johnson 
> <chad at anacronist.com <mailto:chad at anacronist.com>> wrote:
>
>     I'm thinking that a more straightforward test would be to make web
>     pages compatible with Lynx, the text-based web browser.
>
>     Here is the website: http://lynx.invisible-island.net/
>
>     On a sidenote, a while back I spent a couple of weeks attempting
>     to browse the Internet using only Lynx. Unfortunately, so few
>     websites design for this that it wasn't really manageable, so I
>     had to switch back.
>
>     Chad Philip Johnson
>     Anacronist Software
>
>     On 03/22/2016 07:50 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
>>     Hello,
>>     Here is an article series on how to make your websites and web
>>     content accessible to screen readers
>>     https://econsultancy.com/blog/67625-making-your-html-accessible-for-the-visually-impaired/?utm_source=Econsultancy&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6887384_2188-daily-pulse-uk-2016-03-15&dm_i=LQI,43MC8,LJG5EW,EVGH8,1
>>
>>     It is super important to use HTML to do the headings, paragraphs,
>>     buttons, links and everything. I can not tell you how many
>>     mainstream websites just forget that CSS is not Hyper Text. (We
>>     use an HTML, not a CSML).
>>     In order for me to move through a website I either need to press
>>     H to move between headings or arrow down through all the links
>>     presented above the body. In order for me to read links, they
>>     need to have text before the </a> tag. Indigogo is one website I
>>     have been after for a long time to make their sharing buttons not
>>     blank.
>>     The best test I have found is if you can copy and paste your web
>>     page and still figure out what is going on, so can i.
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
>>
>>
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