You Can Come to This Talk with Your Eyes Closed

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Demonstrates real accessibility failures using NVDA screen reader and browser tools, citing examples like missing page titles, hundreds of nav regions and menu links, images without alt text, unlabeled form fields, duplicate vague links, and a checkout button built as a div that blocks submission. Presents scale: ~1.7M visually impaired in France, ~253M worldwide with WHO estimates, low site accessibility rates (~10%) and limited automation (~30% of checks), and recommends concrete fixes: semantic HTML, landmarks and skip links, use ARIA only when necessary, and running AX audits.

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1. 0:00Accessibility introduction
2. 3:30Why accessibility matters
3. 10:04Accessibility standards
4. 15:43Screen reader navigation
5. 26:55Common barriers and fixes
6. 33:55Form errors and fixes
7. 39:33Best practices and testing
8. 41:20Automation tools and Q&A
9. 44:35Conclusion

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