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
Don't Trust The Number, Understand the Number: Lessons from 100 Audits
Oct 8, 2026
If you spend any time around digital accessibility, you have seen the various numbers around how much accessibility can be covered by an automated scan.
Web Accessibility, User Experience, WCAG Audits, Audit, Automation
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
Airline Website Accessibility: Booking and Seat Selection While Blind
Aug 11, 2026
A booking can go smoothly right up to checkout, then collapse at seat maps, unreadable fields, and unlabeled checkboxes. Here are the checkout barriers to check for on your own ...
Web Accessibility, User Experience, Airline Accessibility, Screen Reader Accessibility, Travel & Hospitality Accessibility
Airline Website Accessibility: Comparing Flight Results while Blind
Aug 6, 2026
The results page is where travelers spend the most time, and it's where reading and comparing flights with a screen reader turns into a slog. Here is what to check on your own ...
Web Accessibility, User Experience, Screen Reader Accessibility, Travel & Hospitality Accessibility
