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Accessibility
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User types
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Vision Impairments
Vision Impairments
Blindness
- Users often listen to pages using a screen reader.
- Barrier to access: content often isn’t read out correctly.
Low Vision
- Users often set their own font and background colors.
- Users often magnify the screen to make it more readable.
- Barrier to access: content doesn’t resize correctly.
- Barrier to access: insufficient contrast between text and background.
Color Blindness
- Reds and greens often indistinguishable.
Assistive Technologies
- Screen Reader, e.g. JAWS, WindowEyes, NVDA
- Braille Reader
- Screen Magnifier
- Voice recognition, e.g. Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Example