Accessibility

Introduction

The web is continuing to change. Voice assistants like Siri, Alexa, and Cortana often provide responses by reading from web pages using screen reader technology. Similar methods have been around since the early days of personal computing. Captions (sometimes referred to as subtitles) were created for people who are hard of hearing, but are increasingly used for convenience by everyone, and the vibration mode of the smartphone is now a standard feature. Other groups that enjoy using captions include individuals with ADHD, who use them to maintain focus, non-native speakers, who rely on them to enhance language comprehension, and people in noisy environments, where spoken content might be easily missed.