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NVDA and ARIA Standards for Web Development (self.Blind)
submitted by rbirchtree
I'm in a bootcamp for web development, more for the data side then for making things look prettier. However, I am doing the accessibility portion of the bootcamp and my instructor says I shouldn't focus too much on it. I agree with him. I think a lot of NVDA tools are not the best and there are better solutions out there. I shouldn't spend time or money to optimize webpages for ARIA and/or NVDA. What are y'all thoughts?
BlindGuyNW 2 points 5y ago
As a web accessibility person, I'm outraged by this attitude. Aria in itself can be overused, but that's different from not spending time on it. I'm wondering what other better solutions you're considering?
rbirchtree [OP] 0 points 5y ago
None at the moment. ARIA seems very primitive. There has to be something better. I was thinking Dragon had something but I haven't researched their products a lot.
BlindGuyNW 1 points 5y ago
Aria itself is closely related to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, as I imagine you're aware. It's intended to serve a specific purpose. Most standard HTML, Javascript, etc should not require you to use it much at all. I can't comment on your "primitive," remark, except to say that the WCAG as a whole are fairly comprehensive, and worthy of further study. NVDA is an excellent tool.
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