I may begin to engage in a project in a few months, of redesigning a website on affective disorders. The client wants the site to be fully accessible to a huge range of visitors.
The usual stuff I've got nailed down already, such as the ability for the visitor to increase and decrease text size as they see fit. A high constrast version of the site, and various other accessibility guidelines surrounding forms and imagery.
However, they want blind people to be able to use the site just as easily as people with sight. How would I go about this, as text sizing here doesn't make a blind bit of difference. (Pun very much intended) Is there a way to tag menu items with audio files to play when tabbed onto?
I presume the blind people accessing the site will use a screenreader, so what's the best way to ensure our site is compatible with a screenreader?
The usual stuff I've got nailed down already, such as the ability for the visitor to increase and decrease text size as they see fit. A high constrast version of the site, and various other accessibility guidelines surrounding forms and imagery.
However, they want blind people to be able to use the site just as easily as people with sight. How would I go about this, as text sizing here doesn't make a blind bit of difference. (Pun very much intended) Is there a way to tag menu items with audio files to play when tabbed onto?
I presume the blind people accessing the site will use a screenreader, so what's the best way to ensure our site is compatible with a screenreader?