I am a blind user accessing the site primarily from Windows using NVDA screne-reader. So far, I am very pleased to see how ccessible the site is. I would recommend the following:
On the pages with categories (Spells, Monsters, etc.), there is no clue to users to scroll past the list of categories for items. While the category names are clickable, they cause a page refresh that doesn't present obvious changes until the user looks at the actual list. perhaps the name of selected category filters could be appended to the page title?
Neither the names of categories or of items (specific spells, monsters, items, etc.) seem clickable - they are, and content pops out, but they don't show as links, and so they are not intuitively clickable to screne-readers.
I'll post more as I think of it. Thanks for doing this. Hopefully, when official game content comes to the service (does this mean PHB/DMG/MM/etc.?), that will be a very usable alternative to the printed books, which aren't available to blind players.
I am also a blind D&D player, and I am very interested to hear what the developers are planning to make this site more accessible apart from that tweet posted above. I am particularly interested in the accessibility of the upcoming mobile app. I currently use the Fight Club Fifth Edition app which, though partially accessible, has many issues. The developer of that app has unfortunately been unresponsive when I attempted to contact them regarding the problems I was having, so I really hope that Wizards will build the app to be accessible from the start.
I am a blind user accessing the site primarily from Windows using NVDA screne-reader. So far, I am very pleased to see how ccessible the site is. I would recommend the following:
On the pages with categories (Spells, Monsters, etc.), there is no clue to users to scroll past the list of categories for items. While the category names are clickable, they cause a page refresh that doesn't present obvious changes until the user looks at the actual list. perhaps the name of selected category filters could be appended to the page title?
Neither the names of categories or of items (specific spells, monsters, items, etc.) seem clickable - they are, and content pops out, but they don't show as links, and so they are not intuitively clickable to screne-readers.
I'll post more as I think of it. Thanks for doing this. Hopefully, when official game content comes to the service (does this mean PHB/DMG/MM/etc.?), that will be a very usable alternative to the printed books, which aren't available to blind players.
Very awesome. I'm sure the staff will appreciate any feedback you have on accessibility. :)
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I am also a blind D&D player, and I am very interested to hear what the developers are planning to make this site more accessible apart from that tweet posted above. I am particularly interested in the accessibility of the upcoming mobile app. I currently use the Fight Club Fifth Edition app which, though partially accessible, has many issues. The developer of that app has unfortunately been unresponsive when I attempted to contact them regarding the problems I was having, so I really hope that Wizards will build the app to be accessible from the start.
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