Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
If you won’t file a bug, maybe test in a screen reader?
Category: Accessibility
Todd Kloots of Yahoo! shows us how to configure our machine for screen reader testing with full instructions:
When developing using the WAI-ARIA Roles and States, you need to test your code in a screen reader to ensure everything is working as you expect. As a follow up to my presentation on Developing Accessible Widgets with ARIA and in the interest of helping other developers test their code, I thought I would provide some tips on how to configure your development environment for screen reader testing.
- Install virtualization software
- Install browsers & take a snapshot of that state
- Install and configure screen readers
- Restart the virtual machine & take a snapshot of that state
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