Michael Taylor
Recent Posts
Social Media Accessibility: Where Composing a Post Breaks
Nov 4, 2026
In the first part of a three-part series, Michael Taylor composes a social media post with a mobile screen reader, and each barrier he hits (unlabeled icon buttons, a text field ...
User Experience, Blind, Screen Reader Accessibility, Social Media Accessibility
Blind and Locked Out: Three Halloween 2026 Accessibility Scares
Oct 30, 2026
Michael Taylor has used a screen reader for almost twenty years, and in this series he writes firsthand about what websites and apps sound like when he cannot rely on what is on ...
Blind Users And Payment Forms: Where Adding A Card Breaks Down
Oct 27, 2026
Editor’s note: Michael Taylor, who is blind and navigates the web with a screen reader, walks through the barriers he hits when adding a payment method (the expiration date, the ...
Website Login Accessibility: Where Sign-In Fails Blind Users
Oct 21, 2026
Editor’s note: Michael Taylor is a blind UsableNet contributor who has relied on a screen reader for almost twenty years, and he writes about what happens when he tries to ...
Web Accessibility, User Experience, Screen Reader Accessibility
Event Ticket Website Accessibility: At the Event
Oct 6, 2026
Editor's note: Michael Taylor looks at three things he ran into inside the venue (the digital ticket, a QR-code program, and an in-seat ordering app), and each one is something ...
When Accessibility Issues Stop Me and When I Can Work Around Them
Sep 29, 2026
Editor's note: Michael Taylor sorts the screen reader barriers he runs into by how badly they hurt him, from unlabeled checkout fields that end a purchase outright to keyboard ...
Web Accessibility, User Experience, Ecommerce, Screen Reader Accessibility
What I Wish Developers and QA Teams Understood About Screen Readers
Sep 21, 2026
Editor's note: Michael Taylor describes the barriers that clear an automated scan and still stop him cold, which is the category of problem most likely to be sitting on your site ...
Web Accessibility, User Experience, Screen Reader Accessibility
How I Shop an Unfamiliar Website With a Screen Reader
Sep 10, 2026
In today’s post, I am going back to basics. Every interaction I have on the internet happens without a mouse, so the way I navigate an unfamiliar website looks nothing like how a ...
Web Accessibility, Accessibility Testing, User Experience, Ecommerce, Screen Reader
Airline Website Accessibility: Online Check-In Barriers
Aug 17, 2026
If a traveler can't check in, they might not fly, and online check-in hides several barriers that stop screen readers cold. Michael Taylor is blind and navigates the web, ...
Web Accessibility, User Experience, Airline Accessibility, Screen Reader Accessibility, Travel & Hospitality Accessibility
