Notices by Accessibility Awareness (a11yawareness@disabled.social), page 3

Automated tools are great for identifying some accessibility errors, but can’t explain how those affect real users' experiences. Human testers who have experience with assistive technologies can provide feedback to designers and developers to make better sites in the long-term.

For people who don't use screen readers, it can be difficult to understand how screen readers work. If you're interested in learning how people use screen readers, check out this demo from Marc Sutton and The University of California San Francisco.

https://youtu.be/dEbl5jvLKGQ

Manual transcription is more accurate than automatic transcription. Humans can catch errors that software may miss because of background noise or poor audio quality. Humans can interpret a speaker's tone and emotions, which can be lost in an automated transcript.

If you have a hashtag with multiple words, write the hashtag in #PascalCase or #camelCase to help users of screen readers. That helps the screen reader to read out the words out individually, rather than trying to read them in one long word.

The #NoMouse Challenge is a global effort to raise awareness about accessible web design. Try using your website without a mouse. Use the keyboard instead. Is it possible to access all features and operate all buttons, sliders, and other controls?

https://nomouse.org