Accessibility Weekly #214: Making Websites Easier to Talk To

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Accessibility Weekly

December 14, 2020 • Issue #214

Featured: Making websites easier to talk to

Frederick O’Brien says between phone assistants, home speakers, and screen readers, more and more people are using the web without even looking at it. Websites need to evolve in kind.

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News, resources, tools and tutorials

New to A11y

David MacDonald shares some tips to demystify WAI-ARIA that touches on all the basics. I like how concise this post is, and how it describes each element.

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