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Are there any free Screen Readers out there?

I'd like our developers to start using screen readers as part of our development process but due to a limited budget I am only able to use free tools that preferably have no instal …
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iFrame accessibility and usability issues

Aside from confused scrolling and screen reader problems (and I'm not downplaying these issues, it's just that I've already discussed them at length), are there any concrete access …
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A way of tracking a user’s accessibility tools?

Following on from a comment I read earlier, is there a way of knowing whether people are using screen readers and other accessibility tools/software on your site, and if so which o …
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Are “print” links needed on a website?

What do you think, does a website for a general audience need a "print" link or will the users know how to print the page for themselves (using the browser controls)? Some backgr …
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eLearning: Courses on Usability, UI, UX, or XD?

Considering UXExchange in itself is an educational tool, creating infomation hubs geared to different personas and users is no longer a tedious task. What are the applications, res …
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How to persuade marketing department that banners with multiple links is very bad user experience

Hi all, We always have a banner on the homepage of our website, recently the marketing department have been asking us to place multiple links on the banner to go to different page …
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custom buttons or browser functions only to change the text size

The current browsers scale/zoom a page - different from resizing text and with the included "danger" that a horizontal scroll-bar appears very soon (IE8 is better then IE7 in this …
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Do we still need text scaling links on websites?

It used to be one of the accessibility must do's but do we still need to include the text scaling links on our sites? Most modern browsers and operating systems support page zoomi …
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Top tips for creating an accessible website.

What are your top tips for creating an accessible website?
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UX vs SEO, whats more important?

Recently I was asked to change a link on a homepage, the link had hidden text on it for the benefit of accessibility and had been suggested by our UX experts, shortly after I had t …
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Testing my websites for accessibility & usability

Is there a site or software/tools I (as a front end developer) can use to test and grade accessibility & usability on my websites while I build? I doubt there will be anything …
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Form field inside labels: Usability and accessibility

Many designers like to assign form field labels using the value attribute of the form field itself rather than a label or sometimes both, if they're mixing iconography with textual …
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Is hidden link text to improve accessibility bad for SEO?

As part of an accessibility review. I suggested to a client that they should improve the quality of their "More information" links to provide greater clarity for screen reader user …
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Recruiting users with disabilities

Hi - I need to create a db of users with a range of accessibility issues (i.e visual impairment, mobility etc.) for one-to-one usability testing. Any recommendations about where t …
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Why would a screen reader think a list has negative items?

I'm going through and testing a page with a screen reader (FireVox 4 running in FireFox 3.5) and it is giving me some weird feedback on a set of nested lists I'm using as a tree hi …

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