WordPress tutorial for the blind?

  • I am working with a colleague who needs to make updates to his website in our multisite wordpress environment. I spent time with him yesterday to see how he is navigating WordPress using his screen reader software (JAWS on Windows 10).

    As a follow up, I would like to point him toward some web resources/tutorials that give tips on using WordPress with a screen reader. Has such documentation been developed?

    I did share the Keyboard Shortcuts information from the Codex, what I am looking for are some tips on what to listen for in the screen reader for common tasks such as “create a new page”. I think his best bet will be to access the admin toolbar from the front end for common tasks, some insight on how those links present themselves to screen readers would be helpful.

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  • Hello, mainelykirby, & welcome to the WordPress support forum. Well this just happens to be your night–or whatever time of day it is where you live lol.

    Please tell your colleague to go to:
    https://www.wp4noobs.com
    where you can find a whole bunch of screen reader tutorials which also happen to be free. And they also happen to be mine. Ahem. Hopefully this won’t be viewed as self-promotion, as I don’t get any money for them.

    Should he require additional assistance, he’s welcome to post at:
    https://www.ads-software.com/support/forum/accessibility

    If he does post, he (or you) might wish to post a link here just to alert me, as I probably don’t check over there quite as often as I should. Ahem again.

    HTH the both of you.

    Thread Starter mainelyKirby

    (@mainelykirby)

    Hi abletec, I appreciate the response.

    Is that the correct URL? I’m not seeing tutorials there.

    Hi mainelyKirby,

    There’s a series specifically for screen reader users of WordPress in progress at this link: WordPress with a Screen Reader, which is mine, (unfortunately any of us writing tutorials for screen reader users have no choice but to be self-promotional to an extent), and is also free. With regard to using the tool bar, I think your client may have better luck with accessibility if he logs into the administration panel itself, as the tool bar presents some accessibility issues that the administration panel does not. I’m in the process of trying to google @abletech’s posts now, and as soon as I find them, I’ll also link them here, and probably on my own site as well.

    I hope this helps,

    Amanda

    Hi, mainelyKirby. I should never write just prior to bedtime–it always gets me in trouble. I’m sorry–thinking 1 thing,typing another. The actual address is:
    wp4newbs.com

    The tutorials are located on the ‘Announcements’ page, which is actually the name for the blog.

    :blush:

    Hello @arush, @mainelykirby. Amanda, sorry–abletec does not end w/an h,so u might have trouble finding any posts of mine lol. mainelykirby, here’s 1 last note. It’s tough to get to the update network part of the admin dashboard via keyboard. I’ve reported this bug at:
    https://core.trac.www.ads-software.com/ticket/34668

    I don’t think there’s been any action on it thus far. The way I get around it is to log into the site via the wp-admin login, using the superadmin username & pw. At that point, I go to the browser address bar (alt d) press the end key, & type network.php at the end of the URL & press enter. This seems to work quite reliably.

    Please let us know if these things do (or do not) help.

    That would explain why I can’t find your posts. I did a Google search for WordPress screen reader Jackie McBride and it’s still coming up with nothing. Let me know if I’ve misspelled something else, because I would really love to not be the only resource for WordPress with a Screen Reader tutorials. Totally agree regarding super-admin and network login. Browse directly to wp-admin/network.php and log in with the super-admin username and password that way.

    Amanda

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