Digital content has several advantages over printed materials for persons with vision impairment as assistive technology solutions allow the users to interact flexibly with the content. However, an accessible user interface is essential for the electronic content to be equally available to persons with disabilities.
For example, persons with vision impairments generally use screen readers to surf the web. For these to work properly, there must be correct and accessible coding of web pages to allow the screenreader to successfully translate the website’s contents for the user.
The following video titled ‘Blind Experience’ is a visual impairment simulator that lets you experience what it’s like to be a person who is visually impaired or blind, engaging with online learning material and the differences between accessible and inaccessible digital content.