September 2017
Beginner
306 pages
8h 13m
English
Support for visual impairment means a few different things, depending on the impairment. It may mean enhanced visuals; for example, partially sighted people can use magnifiers to view websites. Make sure the text of the website can be magnified without losing its structure.
It may mean translating the screen into audio or braille format. Blind and partially sighted people use screen readers, which read a screen, and braille embossers for printing. There are various guidelines for ensuring a website can be read by a screen reader, including labeling the page structure meaningfully as lists, menus, headings, and so on, and making sure all images have associated text (since screen readers cannot read images). ...
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