{"id":3964,"date":"2014-12-01T15:54:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T19:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/?p=3964"},"modified":"2014-12-15T11:48:02","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T15:48:02","slug":"accessibility-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/2014\/12\/01\/accessibility-real-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility In Real Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We talk a lot about accessibility when it comes to our websites and applications. We run our sites through the online testing validators, but I don&#8217;t think we do enough real-world testing with users who need to access our information.<\/p>\n<p>I recently came across this video from\u00a0<a class=\" yt-uix-sessionlink     spf-link  g-hovercard\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCg4CvGdKIunE-1-FJGGQHBA\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=hsR8VOrsNs6JqAPAsoLoBw\" data-ytid=\"UCg4CvGdKIunE-1-FJGGQHBA\" data-name=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Licia Prehn<\/a>, who is legally blind.\u00a0\u00a0She took the time to make a video to show how she browses Reddit. For her, accessibility means something different than screen-readers, high-contrast displays and more. \u00a0Have a look&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ptw_KBYzmqA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I found this video really compelling. The way Licia uses her browser is different than what the standard accessibility tools and research tells us. She does what she knows and works best for her. The question for us is how do we as web developers and designers make our sites as usable as possible for all users?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently came across this video from Licia Prehn, who is legally blind.  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