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Summary: Why/How ARIA?

Back in the day when web pages were web pages and not web applications you could just about get away with not testing with a screen reader.This is not the case now though as browsers, screen readers, guidelines and technology has moved on and in many ways is catching up with one another. What follows are some tips to get you started when setting up a screen reader testing environment.

Although WAI ARIA is a brilliant technology which does awesome things, it has a clear downside. A lot of screenreader users don't yet use software that supports it. At the moment, WAI ARIA is a great way to progressively enhance already accessible applications to be even more usable when WAI ARIA is available. WAI ARIA is not yet an effective way to make inaccessible applications accessible.