Screen-reader-only copy deserves the same care as everything else on a website.
A lot of thought goes into writing content for a website. But have you considered the content that only screen reader users will perceive? Things like:
- Text alternatives for images.
- Status messages/ARIA live regions.
- Icon button accessible names (buttons without visible text).
It’s important to remember that on the other end of a screen reader, is a human. So, we should write for them as carefully as we write for anyone else.
This article looks at some of the most common screen reader content issues I see in audits.