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0 pointsmch826y ago0 comments

Consider installing a screenreader and the Lynx web browser so you can demonstrate what it’s like to access internal apps/websites with those tools. It might help to record your experience so people can watch the demo at their convenience.

Lynx... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_%28web_browser%29?wprov...

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akavi6y ago

What does lynx have to do with anything? No blind person I know browses the internet without JS, and every major screen reader supports it.

mwcampbell6y ago

You're absolutely right. Aside from a few stubborn hold-outs, the blind people I know stopped browsing with Lynx, or Links or w3m, in the early 2000s at the latest.

VBprogrammer6y ago

I have no experience at all with screen readers. Is there a modern FOSS screen reader that would help give an idea of what a visually impaired user would realistically experience?

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Scoundreller6y ago

Not blind, but an HN and lynx story. I sometimes use lynx these days because Canadian telecoms have shitty mobile bandwidth plans.

Lynx would always think I was making an NNTP connection to news.ycombinator.com unless I put in the HTTP://

Slipped me up every time.

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