Sight impaired locked out of online world as fonts become unreadable.

RichardCoulter · 24-10-2016, 22:16

http://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-da...81672549481554

Whilst I think that website developers ought to be made aware of this, wouldn't a text to speech solution be better for them?

...or isn't it that simple??

tweetiepooh · 25-10-2016, 10:50

I think I'd agree with the sentiment. Try to make content "look good" can sometimes make it harder to use.
And text to speech can be too slow, I can read much,much faster and you may only be interested in a paragraph or so not to have the whole text read out.

Taf · 25-10-2016, 11:59

I thought there was long-standing legislation to prevent this? I remember a lot of sites changed overnight to accommodate the rules?

RichardCoulter · 25-10-2016, 19:29

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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh

I think I'd agree with the sentiment. Try to make content "look good" can sometimes make it harder to use.
And text to speech can be too slow, I can read much,much faster and you may only be interested in a paragraph or so not to have the whole text read out.

I didn't know that text to speech involved having to have the whole article read out!

Do you find the colours of this website difficult to read?

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Originally Posted by Taf

I thought there was long-standing legislation to prevent this? I remember a lot of sites changed overnight to accommodate the rules?

I've not heard of anything, that's not to say that this legislation doesn't exist!

Maybe the Equalities Act could be used to make webmasters more mindful of disability needs??

Taf · 25-10-2016, 19:37

http://www.webcredible.com/blog/disa...accessibility/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_accessibility

nomadking · 25-10-2016, 19:51

Try reading the labels on food items. Small text and awkward colour combinations. I keep a magnifying glass in the kitchen to cope with them.

pip08456 · 25-10-2016, 20:40

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I didn't know that text to speech involved having to have the whole article read out!

Do you find the colours of this website difficult to read?

I've not heard of anything, that's not to say that this legislation doesn't exist!

Maybe the Equalities Act could be used to make webmasters more mindful of disability needs??

As with the DDA it only applies to websites who are service providers. The DDA only applies to service providers not private websites I should imagine the EA is the same.