Screen Readers 1, Humans 0

Spoken version: Yesterday I sent out a one-question survey on Twitter about screen readers. I’d had this fantastic idea for a website plugin that would enable blog editors to easily record an audio version of their blog posts when publishing [1]. Vision-impaired users would rejoice, website traffic would shoot up and I’d be rich and famous. … Continue reading Screen Readers 1, Humans 0 →

Blocking Comment Spam Without Captchas

Imagine you want to leave a comment on a blog. Next, imagine you have to solve one of those captchas — a jumbled image of letters and numbers — to prove you’re human. Now imagine that you can’t see. You have to solve an audio captcha instead, such as the ones below. All you have … Continue reading Blocking Comment Spam Without Captchas →

Accessible Child Theme for WordPress Twenty Twelve

Quick summary: I made an accessible child theme for the default WordPress Twenty Twelve theme. Read on for details. Accessibility in WordPress I recently switched my blog over to WordPress — self-hosted to give me more control. So far I’m impressed, especially with the number of plugins and themes available, but I was a bit surprised at the lack of themes that claim to … Continue reading Accessible Child Theme for WordPress Twenty Twelve →