Hidden barriers

Out of sight

By bim. Hiding text off the screen view using CSS is one of the ways that web authors can provide contextual information for screen reader users. This is just to make the information that is visually obvious, potentially audible...

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Posted at: 13/08/2007 9:11 AM by Verity Cork

Bad language

By bim. Do be careful to define a base (natural) language on all web pages. Otherwise, defining other languages can result in the entire page being read by a screen reader trying to use the pronunciation rules for the wrong language...

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Posted at: 1/08/2007 12:53 PM by Verity Cork

Broken labels

By bim. In forms that have fairly long implicit labels, the BR element is the worst way to control where the text will wrap...

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Posted at: 30/07/2007 9:05 PM by Verity Cork

Hidden barriers to accessibility

By bim. Here's another series of articles, designed to uncover techniques or practices that create difficulties for a wide range of disabled people. These are all techniques we've found in use on the web, on professionally run sites...

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Posted at: 30/07/2007 7:57 AM by Verity Cork