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: Testing my site for accessibility to readers What are some quick and easy ways to determine if my web site is healthy or poor when it comes to accessibility to readers and other like devices?

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What are some quick and easy ways to determine if my web site is healthy or poor when it comes to accessibility to readers and other like devices?

I don't have a reader, but need a way to test so that I can improve the site in this area. Are there any coding strategies or methods for testing this?

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@Alves908

Here's a site I use for stuff like this sometimes. It's not aimed at accessibility, per se, but it's a good way to see how your site renders on various platforms. browsershots.org/
If you need further assistance with font-sizing, check this out:
medium.com/@madhum86/css-font-sizing-pixels-vs-em-vs-rem-vs-percent-vs-viewport-units-b1485716afe7

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@Sims2060225

There's a free screen reader program for Windows called NVDA. It can be downloaded here: www.nvaccess.org/download/
Macs come with a screen reader program called Voiceover, WebAIM has an article on how to use it: webaim.org/articles/voiceover/
I found it very enlightening as a sighted person to try navigating some websites via a screen reader. Experiencing the frustration first-hand of dealing with a badly coded website really helped drive home the importance of doing this correctly.

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