word press accessibility with screen readers

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  startrekcafe · Member · May 19, 2016 at 10:33 am

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  hi. new to word press and doing the world press u course online, and found this on the blind webbers yahoo group, the link, so taking the basicA screen reader, reads out all the text screen using a synthetic speech synthaizier, and then reads it out on screen, and you use the keyboard tonavigate around the screen. i use windows 10 64 bit pro, a it programming student, so wanted to put a student blog or site together. i am in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. so, is there a way or widgets or themese that’s makes the experience more easier for a totally blind screen reader like me. any other blind people here. marvin.

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  siobhyb · Member · May 22, 2016 at 11:11 am

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  Hi Marvin,

  Welcome to WordPress. :)

  You can filter for accessibility ready themes in our repository via the following link:

  https://wordpress.com/themes/filter/accessibility-ready/type/free/

  The latest default theme, Twenty Sixteen, is a great example of an accessibility ready theme and I can see you’re currently using it on your site.

  For the moment, I recommend navigating WordPress via our older interface. You can access that interface by adding “/wp-admin” to the end of your site’s URL. Like so:

  https://startrekcafe.wordpress.com/wp-admin/

  That interface is tested regularly by a team of volunteers and accessibility experts. If you’d like to find out more about that community of volunteers then you can do so here:

  https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/

  We’re working on making the new WordPress.com interface screen reader friendly also. If you have any suggestions for improvement then please don’t hesitate to let us know.

  Thanks!

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  startrekcafe · Member · May 23, 2016 at 3:56 am

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  hi. well, more headings for one things, keyboard short cuts for your buttons and menus, a skip to main content for starters.

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  siobhyb · Member · May 24, 2016 at 8:30 am

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  Thank you for your feedback.

  I’m going to do some testing of my own and report back to our team. Would it be OK if I followed up with you at the email address on file for your WordPress.com account?

  Thanks!

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  startrekcafe · Member · May 24, 2016 at 10:43 am

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  hi. sure, that would be fine to do a follow up via e-mail. have no problem with that. marvin.

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  siobhyb · Member · May 25, 2016 at 7:22 am

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  Thank you, Marvin. I’ll be in touch in the next few days.

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  startrekcafe · Member · May 25, 2016 at 10:06 am

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  hi, you are welcome. happy to help out, and also have images with alt tags, and w3c best web practice, html 5. marvin.