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is my online resume accessible? wondering if any JAWS or NVDA users could give my website a quick look. (self.Blind)
submitted by SecTrono
I am only asking for a quick 5 minute browse and I know that this is a valuable service I am asking for. If you would like something in return maybe we can work something out. I am unemployed at the moment but would still like to give you something in return. My apologies for making one of "these" sorts of posts. I know you guys get these requests for testing all the time because I've been lurking around here for a while.
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I've made a one page online resume and I am about 90% sure its completely accessible but want to make sure people who use screen readers can easily use it . I've already tested it with NVDA and it seems to be alright. I am particularly concerned about the buttons that are used to filter the contents of my resume. The buttons will change my resume so that only entries from a specific category will show up.
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edit: got the feedback i needed. website removed.
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I've made a one page online resume and I am about 90% sure its completely accessible but want to make sure people who use screen readers can easily use it . I've already tested it with NVDA and it seems to be alright. I am particularly concerned about the buttons that are used to filter the contents of my resume. The buttons will change my resume so that only entries from a specific category will show up.
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edit: got the feedback i needed. website removed.
bradley22 2 points 3y ago
I just tried it with voiceover on my phone and everything works fine.
SecTrono [OP] 2 points 3y ago
thanks so much! i really appreciate it.
bradley22 1 points 3y ago
Thanks for the gold but honestly I don’t need it.
It doesn’t add anything to my reddit experience and I don’t know about other blind people but for me gold isn’t useful so next time I help you,If there’s a next time, don’t worry about it :)
Helping is reward enough :)
It doesn’t add anything to my reddit experience and I don’t know about other blind people but for me gold isn’t useful so next time I help you,If there’s a next time, don’t worry about it :)
Helping is reward enough :)
SecTrono [OP] 1 points 3y ago
fair enough. i just didn't want to walk away without giving you a small token of my appreciation. i see a lot of people coming into this sub asking for free accessibility testing. in my case its not so bad because its more for personal use but if they are making a company website or app they really should be paying for testing. its a valuable service.
bradley22 1 points 3y ago
Personally it doesn’t bother me.
I’ll test free or payed but don’t need the money so free is fine by me.
I’ll test free or payed but don’t need the money so free is fine by me.
bradley22 1 points 3y ago
No problem.
rkingett 1 points 3y ago
wow! was this done with wordpress? Love the layout! I actually wish people would send more links to resumes rather than an attached one, but, wow! Wish I had one like this.
SecTrono [OP] 2 points 3y ago
thanks! i've put a few hours in on this one.
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yupe, its all wordpress. i had to search a round a little for a theme that was actually accessible because a lot of themes that claim to be accessible didn't really meet my high standards. then i modified the style sheets a little, added some java-script libraries for the filter buttons and wrote the html code for the main resume page.
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yupe, its all wordpress. i had to search a round a little for a theme that was actually accessible because a lot of themes that claim to be accessible didn't really meet my high standards. then i modified the style sheets a little, added some java-script libraries for the filter buttons and wrote the html code for the main resume page.
Superfreq2 1 points 3y ago
Okay so I just checked it with IE11 and edge as well. On IE11 there is a blank between the education and project manager buttons for what ever reason but what ever, and on Edge all other text is formatted properly but for some reason the text that explains the buttons only reads one word per line? Odd.
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I forgot to mention it before but the graphic that says "depicting various types of assistive technologies." is phrased in such a way that it says "graphic" twice since the screen reader will already announce that so it's redundant. Not a big deal though.
Edit:
I forgot to mention it before but the graphic that says "depicting various types of assistive technologies." is phrased in such a way that it says "graphic" twice since the screen reader will already announce that so it's redundant. Not a big deal though.
SecTrono [OP] 1 points 3y ago
more good advice! putting "graphic" in my alt text is a really bad habit of mine.
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if you don't mind my asking, do you have any vision? or have you only used the site with screen readers?
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if you don't mind my asking, do you have any vision? or have you only used the site with screen readers?
Superfreq2 2 points 3y ago
Yeah I'm total, so only screen readers.
Maybe if I use my third eye? :D
Maybe if I use my third eye? :D
SecTrono [OP] 1 points 3y ago
haha it couldn't hurt to try.
Superfreq2 1 points 3y ago
I checked it with NVDA, JAWS, and Narrator on Chrome and Firefox. It looks really good!
The explanation of how the buttons work was useful and the buttons them selves were all labeled, The Alt texts are nice and descriptive, the skip to content link worked, and all the headings were properly leveled, while the navigation links were all at the top.
The easter Seals graphic could have more descriptive alt text, the "present day" under the buttons should probably go under the first heading before the youtube video instead, you have some spelling errors near the end, and it's possible for your cursor to get stuck in the menu button under the youtube video but using tab gets you out of that situation and that isn't your doing anyway.
I also noticed that you have two links at the top that both refresh the page, one is a logo and could probably be changed to a linkless graphic instead but it's no big deal, and you might be well served by a footer for presentation or a skip to top link at the bottom.
Nice job and it was no problem doing it so no need to worry about reimbursement. We help each other out and you've certainly done allot for us as a whole already based on your resume.
If you want to double check my findings, this tool might help.
https://www.paciellogroup.com/ida/
The explanation of how the buttons work was useful and the buttons them selves were all labeled, The Alt texts are nice and descriptive, the skip to content link worked, and all the headings were properly leveled, while the navigation links were all at the top.
The easter Seals graphic could have more descriptive alt text, the "present day" under the buttons should probably go under the first heading before the youtube video instead, you have some spelling errors near the end, and it's possible for your cursor to get stuck in the menu button under the youtube video but using tab gets you out of that situation and that isn't your doing anyway.
I also noticed that you have two links at the top that both refresh the page, one is a logo and could probably be changed to a linkless graphic instead but it's no big deal, and you might be well served by a footer for presentation or a skip to top link at the bottom.
Nice job and it was no problem doing it so no need to worry about reimbursement. We help each other out and you've certainly done allot for us as a whole already based on your resume.
If you want to double check my findings, this tool might help.
https://www.paciellogroup.com/ida/
SecTrono [OP] 1 points 3y ago
thanks so much for the help and the kind words. i really appreciate!
bscross32 1 points 3y ago
It seems fine to me. You have it broken down by categories that are headings, you have landmarks for each of the sections, the buttons work to sort the timeline. I'm on NVDA and didn't come across any problems. Oh, nice job on the image descriptions.
SecTrono [OP] 2 points 3y ago
thanks so much! i really appreciate it.
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