A website that fails to offer the appropriate text to speech accessibility features is a website that many users will be unable to use.
By going over who benefits from text to speech accessibility features, and speaking with a New York ADA lawyer, you can protect your website.
What Is Text-to-Speech Accessibility?
The definition of “text to speech accessibility” is as follows: accessibility features that allow text to be read out loud and, then, listened to, by anyone accessing a particular piece of content.
Just as an example, if a user is reading one of your blog posts, and then would like to listen to this blog post, then they can use a text to speech tool to achieve that.
On the other hand, if your blog post does not support text-to-speech accessibility features, then your users will not be able to listen to your posts.
Right before we go over the different groups of people that are aided by text to speech accessibility features, there is one thing you must know: your website must support some form of text to speech accessibility.
If your website does not support text to speech accessibility, then your website is not ADA accessible. And, this means you, and your website, can be subject to ADA web accessibility claims/lawsuits.
Who Benefits From Text-to-Speech Accessibility Features?
A wide variety of different groups benefit from text-to-speech accessibility features. But, out of all the different groups that benefit from these features, the following are some of the most notable:
People with cognitive impairments that make it difficult for them to read.
People who cannot understand the language your website is written in.
People who are blind and, as a result of this, cannot see the text on your website.
If someone belongs to one of the groups outlined above, then they may depend on text-to-speech accessibility features. But, if your website does not offer these features, then they will be unable to use your website.
How Can You Make Your Website More Accessible?
To make your website more accessible, for those who depend on text to speech accessibility features, you should rely on semantic HTML functions.
Just as an example, if you have headings – and it is very important that your content offers headings – then these headings should be marked up using semantic HTML.
The above also applies to any other text content your website offers. All of this content should be marked up using standard semantic HTML functions. If it isn’t, then text-to-speech features may not work as well as they should.
Right after this content has been marked up, you should test certain text-to-speech accessibility features. By doing so, you can see if they work well or not.
If the text-to-speech accessibility features you test work well – the content is read clearly and in a way that is easy to understand – then your work is done. But, if the test doesn’t go well, you may need to revise your code.
Speak With A New York ADA Web Accessibility Lawyer Today
If you are facing an ADA web accessibility claim or lawsuit, then it is of the utmost importance that you obtain legal assistance. Speak with a New York ADA web accessibility lawyer at The Samuel Law Firm today, and we will protect your website.
