Screen readers are an essential part of digital accessibility. People who are blind, have low vision, are photosensitive, or have learning or cognitive disabilities use screen readers to navigate computers, smart phones, apps, web browsers, and more. It is essential that digital tools and materials be created in a way that allows screen readers to navigate and read all of the information aloud.
In this session, you will learn screen reader accessibility best practices from two of the University of Minnesota’s experts: Academic Technologist DM Lavoie (they/them) and Senior Digital Accessibility Analyst Luke Kudryashov (he/they). They will explain common issues and demonstrate what to check for and how to test content with these applications:
- VoiceOver on MacOS
- JAWS on Windows
- VoiceOver on iOS
- Talkback on Android
They will share additional resources for further learning and also allow time for questions. We hope you will join us for this informative session to improve digital accessibility at the University of Minnesota.
When
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- DMLavoieOffice of Information Technology
- LukeKudryashovDisability Resource Center
Registration Information
Registration for this session is required. Let us know if you are attending. By default, we enable auto-captioning in the webinar. Please let us know what additional accommodations we can provide. Two weeks notice (March 13) will help us to better fulfill requests. This session will be recorded, captioned, and shared with the Google Group.
Event Recording
Screen Reader Testing video recording (58:52 minutes)