Usability Quote of the Day

February 9, 2012

Most people who encounter computer-based automation at work do not choose the software with which they work, and have comparatively little control over when and how they do what they do. For them, the use of computers can be an oppressive experience, rather than a liberating one. -- Sarah Kuhn, Bringing Design to Software, edited by Terry Winograd, 1996    (via interaction-design.org)

Sunday, December 18, 2005

Improving Usability for Screen Reader Users

Tips for making screen readers usable ...

"Simply ensuring your website is accessible to screen reader users is unfortunately not enough to ensure these users can find what they're looking for in a reasonably quick and efficient manner. Even if your site is accessible to screen reader users, its usability could be so incredibly poor that they needn't have bothered coming to your site.

Fortunately, there are a number of simple-to-implement guidelines that you can follow, which not only drastically improve usability for screen reader users, but for all web users:

1. Descriptive headings
2. Descriptive link text
3. Lists"   continued ...   (Via Usability News)

NextUp Screenreader. - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

NextUp Screenreader.

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