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Digital inaccessibility: Blind and low-vision people have powerful technology but still face barriers to the digital world

  • Written by Michele McDonnall, Research Professor of Rehabilitation Education and Research, Mississippi State University
Digital inaccessibility: Blind and low-vision people have powerful technology but still face barriers to the digital worldScreen reader software converts text to audio for people who are blind. Access Matters/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

Imagine that you have low vision and you’re completing an online job application using screen reader software.

You get through half the form and then come to a question with drop-down options the screen reader cannot access because the...

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