Top "Screen-readers" questions

A screen reader is a piece of software that allows people who are blind or have significant vision loss to use a computer.

Is there an online emulating screen reader tool to test against a custom web page?

We are concerned about accessibility on our web site and would like to see how it is perceived and decoded …

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How to get a screen reader to stop reading and read different content

I've written a site that uses jQuery to display a modal popup. It essentially covers the entire viewable area of …

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Should we put <input> inside <label>?

I saw 2 different method on same form example: on http://www.alistapart.com/articles/prettyaccessibleforms/ why they are using 2 method …

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Is it possible to use javascript to detect if a screen reader is running on a users machine?

I want to detect whether a screen reader is running on a user's machine to avoid sound clashing with audio …

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Placeholder VS Label for input in HTML5

I'm Making a form with multiple inputs where I need to give lable of form element inside input itself and …

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How to set HTML lang attribute dynamically?

How to set HTML 'lang' attribute dynamically in a web application? I tried using jQuery as follows to insert the …

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Prevent background items from receiving focus while modal overlay is covering them?

I am working on making an overlay modal more accessible. It works essentially like this JSFiddle. When you open the …

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aria tags - force screen reader to read some text

on my website a user can click on a "livechat" button and a chat window appears. I was looking for …

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When we should use <dl> over <ul>?

In what scenarios we should go for <dl> not <ul>? Does it matter for screen reader …

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