[dgellow]

That makes me think, how does one learn to use a screen reader? (Or alternatives for other handicaps)

It seems fairly technical and challenging to learn, but I feel it would make sense for abled engineers to practice using those.

I personally wouldn’t even know where to start, I only enabled the screen reader a few times by mistakes and have no idea how I could learn to be effective with it if I need to at some point in my life.

[avtar]

> That makes me think, how does one learn to use a screen reader? (Or alternatives for other handicaps)

VoiceOver on Mac or NVDA on Windows are good, free options.

There's an accessibility playlist on Youtube that provides an introduction to both:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R-6WvAihms&list=PLNYkxOF6rc...

A more in-depth demo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0m7VEHoXMI

[dirtyid]

I've been learning screen readers in my spare time because it seems like a nice screen off way to browse content in bed. It's servicable and maybe even viable way to work if more of the web was tailored for it.

[dgellow]

Surprised it isn’t more common, I would expect nerdy abled people to show off to their friends their cool screen reading skills, just because it’s such a niche, technical, and weird thing to do.

I may try out during the weekend.

[justsomehnguy]

Just turn off your monitor.

[zamadatix]

You can also learn Linux by just uninstalling Windows. 15 minutes of good starting material will save you untold amounts of unnecessary headache though.

[sixstringtheory]

If you enable VoiceOver on iOS, you can perform a gesture to enable “screen curtain” which turns off display rendering: a triple-finger triple tap.

Great way to test your app for accessibility.