top | item 44912993

(no title)

woofcat | 6 months ago

screen readers / text based browsers / etc.

discuss

order

kstrauser|6 months ago

I don’t want to use a “separate but equal” Internet. Screen readers support very specific situations that don’t apply to me. I see using them as the equivalent of tweaking my knee and having to sit in a wheelchair so that I can just use wheelchair accommodations and call it a day. Nah. I don’t want to use a wheelchair or a screen reader because those devices weren’t made for my own needs and don’t suit me.

webspinner|6 months ago

Screen readers do not skip ads! If they're there, they still get in the way. There are commands you can use to make things more efficient to navigate, but if the ads take up most of the page, it's just going to be an exercise in ridiculousness!

brookst|6 months ago

Understandable, but my point was that the ADA is not a “I get whatever I want” law. It has specific requirements. IANAL but I do not believe that just declaring something desirable for yourself and your needs makes it legally required under ADA.

tmerc|6 months ago

Text based browsers are largely non functional on modern websites.

webspinner|6 months ago

Yeah, I don't use one lol!