First, some blind technology 101. With the help of the assistive technology, like screen reader, I am able to use my smartphone or computer just like everyone. TalkBack on my smartphone and NonVisual Desktop Access on my computer will read aloud the screen contents to me by interpreting text and image content as speech .
Digital accessibility simply means disabled user-friendly technology. It enables any system access, navigation or interaction independently by the user without hurdles, if it is fully accessible. The user is capable of interacting with user interfaces designed by the developer such as texts, buttons, forms, menu, links and many more.
Screen reader readouts like “unlabelled button”, “image1.jpg” or “unknown” are some of the common things we frequently hear, which may deter our system interaction. As a result, we cannot proceed and complete certain transaction online. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and Web Accessibility Initiative are some of the available digital accessibility frameworks by W3C. They highlight mobile and web accessibility standards or guidelines for developers.