Accessibility on the web strives to ensure that people with disabilities can access sites and applications. The general goal is to provide content that is served and structured in such a way that users with disabilities can access it directly or, if direct access isn't possible because of their disability (for example, audio content is needed for a hearing-impaired user), to provide properly structured alternative content that conveys the same information. This structured alternative content can then be accessed through Assistive Technology (AT). The most common example of AT is the screen reader.
Screen readers exist for all platforms. Some free applications you can test with include the following:
- NVDA (Windows)
- Apple VoiceOver (OS X)
- Orca (Linux)
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