Accessibility Weekly #208: Mobile Screen Reader Testing

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November 2, 2020 • Issue #208

Featured: Mobile screen reader testing

Scott Vinkle gets you started on testing with screen readers on mobile devices.

Read Mobile screen reader testing.

News, resources, tools and tutorials

Comparing various ways to hide things in CSS (blog post – css-tricks.com)
ARIA in CSS (blog post – adactio.com)
Web accessibility (podcast – ladybug.dev)
What is WCAG 2.1 and why you should adopt it ASAP (blog post – blog.usablenet.com)
I’m deaf, and this is what happens when I get on a Zoom call (blog post – fastcompany.com)
Marcy Sutton on accessibility and fighting for work you believe in (podcast – reactpodcast.com)

New to A11y

Shona Louise expresses how tiring it can be to constantly fight for your rights as a disabled person. To quote Shona, "Human rights issues are the responsibility of every human to solve, and whilst this is an issue across the board it really feels like disability has been heavily left behind." Those in accessibility need to do the work of making progress happen, and shouldn't always rely on disabled people for pointers.

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Accessibility Weekly #208: Mobile Screen Reader Testing

Featured: Mobile screen reader testing

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News, resources, tools and tutorials

New to A11y

Thanks for reading

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