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Screen reader support for vision impaired?

Started by KatieChristensen, December 01, 2019, 08:58:16 PM

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KatieChristensen

Hi, I am right at the start of building a forum and a blind friend of mine asked if my Simple Machines forum would support his screen reader. Does anyone know if Simple Machines is compatible with screen readers for vision impaired people?

shawnb61

I know my forum has a couple blind users.  I don't know what software they are using to read the screens.

They haven't complained about the forum, but the gear we use & support on the forum (guitar FX)...   One needed help translating online manuals for some particularly complex gear to "press the right arrow 4 times and the down arrow 2 times, the 4th button to the right twice", since the little screen on the gear doesn't have a screen reader...  Says that all blind guitarists get good at that, given how modern guitar gear works!  I'm amazed at the persistence... 

Sample thread:
https://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=19002.0


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