10 Common Errors When Implementing Accessibility
By Trenton Moss2008-01-29
Don't forget to listen with a screen reader
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Whilst you're building your accessible website don't forget to keep testing the pages as you build them. In particular, you'll want to listen to them with a screen reader to check that accessibility features you've implemented do work as planned.
For example, if you've inserted invisible text to aid screen reader users using display: none; you'll find that this won't actually be read aloud. Screen readers ignore text with this CSS command assigned to it so position the text off screen instead.
Tutorial Pages:
» Introduction
» Don't use verbose ALT text
» Don't use random characters to separate links
» Don't insert text into empty form fields for the sake of it
» Don't use access keys
» Don't use the table summary (unless it actually adds value)
» Don't forget about the content
» Don't worry too much about accessibility statements
» Don't agonise over acronyms and abbreviations
» Don't change the tab order (unless you have a very good reason to do so)
» Don't forget to listen with a screen reader
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