Hello! I’m making changes to a web app that involves some aria classes, and I read the docs about how they work, but I’m not real confident in my ability to construct them into something that produces a well-usable experience for someone who’s using the app. Is there a good way to get direct feedback from someone who uses a screenreader, or otherwise get some evaluation on whether what I’ve fumbled together is actually functioning well?
There is a WAVE browser extension and some others, you can also use one of the screen readers yourself. I think that’s actually really helpful. I haven’t done that in a while but I remember when I did the screen reader functioned pretty differently than I thought it would
Yeah definitely. Someone sent me a pretty good article that recommended that you use a screen reader a little bit on your own stuff, one for making sure it’s accessible, but two because it teaches you a different way to look at your design process.
IDK how much in depth time I’m planning to commit to this whole thing but I do think applying a screen reader is necessary if I’m going to claim my stuff works with it. I can’t really see it being all that effective just to apply the right classes and hints to the existing page and hoping it all works out without testing it…