Most web developers have a small armada of browsers and devices to test their sites on, yet few have ever used a single screen reader. This has led to accessibility information being treated as some form of wizardry; developers conjecture about what's best for disabled users without actually testing their theories out.
This is a shame, because in general, screen readers are not hard to use. And as it turns out, the best way to verify your site is accessible is to use it as an impaired user would.
In this talk we'll break down these barriers by showing how the most popular screen readers on Windows, OS X, iOS and Android actually work. We'll also look at a number of accessibility best practices - but instead of preaching these practices as facts, we'll show the effect each has on real users on real screen readers.