Who knew that screen readers, unlike Web browsers, are not interoperable. Web site developers don’t worry about whether their code will work on Safari, Chrome or any other browser, but if they take accessibility seriously they have to test for JAWS, VoiceOver, NVDA and the rest. That’s about to change, thanks to the W3C ARIA-AT project. This session is a breakout follow-up to the main stage session on the same topic held yesterday.
Presenters
- Matt King, Accessibility Technical Program Manager, Facebook
- Jes Daigle, Engineering Manager, Bocoup
- Sina Bahram, Founder, Prime Access Consulting
- Wilco Fiers, Accessibility Technology Expert, Deque
- Michael Fairchild, Senior Accessibility Consultant, Deque
- Moderator: Caroline Desrosiers, Founder and CEO, Scribely