Thank You for visiting the Blind Voices Coalition website. This website is designed so that people who are significantly blind, use screen readers and have medium to low technical skills can use the website effectively.
The site will use very few images. The site image in the top left corner of the screen also functions as a link to go to the home page. Any other images posted to the site will have descriptions.
The webpage will render to all devices, smart phones, tablets & PC’s, but it does render in slightly different formats, depending which device your are on. This is primarily due to the amount of screen available.
The site has one column with a sidebar or menu button on the right. The main portion of the home page is laid out in a basic tree structure. Except for the site tag, all items on the home page are descriptive links that point to other descriptive links or pages with text. Which also may contain other links.
The sidebar on the right has a search box and navigation links. On a smart phone, there is a menu button which will bring up the information that is on the sidebar. The search box on the smart phone is at the bottom of the page.
Clicking a link will take you to the page the link points to. If the page you land on has links, you will click the desired link to take you to the information you need. Once you have reviewed the information you need, you have two ways to go back. You can use the back function on your screen reader or you can go back to the home page by using the Home link on the side bar or you can click on the site link in the upper left corner and it will take you to the home page.
Below are some device specific instructions.
Smart Phone
Apple
- If one of the first things you encounter is skip to content button, following this link will skip reading the page title.
- If you are given an option to use a reader on the page, this will also remove the heading from the page display and also other links.
- The search box and navigation menu is at the bottom of the page. The navigation menu may appear twice.
PC
Apple
- If one of the first things you encounter is skip to content button, following this link will skip reading the page title.
- If you are given an option to use a reader on the page, this will also remove the heading from the page display and also other links.
- Press the tab key to get to the search box and the site navigation list. You can also get this area by scrolling all the way down to the bottom of the primary column.
- The banner contains an image of the braille letters b v c. The braille cells are circles connected with thick lines. Under the braille cells are the words Blind Voices Coalition. This image serves as a link to the home page for the site.