Lately I’ve seen some arguments that valid code and semantic markup – web standards – aren’t essential for making a website accessible to screen readers. I’m not going to argue against that. It is true to some extent. Screen readers need to eat the same junk food as visual browsers, so they also need to compensate for invalid markup.
Furthermore, screen readers don’t currently make proper use of all that tasty semantic markup we offer them. Because of this, some argue that using semantic and structured markup is more or less pointless from an accessibility perspective. If you’re a regular visitor to this site, you already know that I strongly disagree.
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Furthermore, screen readers don’t currently make proper use of all that tasty semantic markup we offer them. Because of this, some argue that using semantic and structured markup is more or less pointless from an accessibility perspective. If you’re a regular visitor to this site, you already know that I strongly disagree.
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