Accessibility for the blind

THANK YOU FOR THIS PLUGIN.

One thing the Gutenberg plugin did not consider whatsoever is accessibility for the visually impaired blogger. I am a web designer of 20+ years and I am muddling through learning the new interface. Gutenberg is definitely not user friendly or intuitive. I could not imagine how difficult it will be for those with impaired site or blind… or even the regular sited user who is not computer savvy.

I have a client who is an avid journalist, but is blind. So he requires an interface that is accessible and works with his software and hardware modifications for visually impaired. If this plugin were not available it would put my enterprising client completely out of business. I was able to walk him through posting on the classic visual editor in a training session that lasted less than an hour. How the heck would I even begin to train him on Gutenberg? Seriously, was there any consideration for accessibility with the development of Gutenberg? Luckily my client has a sited person overseeing his back end who quickly put the classic visual editor plugin in place. What would he done had he run the 5.0 update and Gutenberg was there? What are other people with visual impairments going to do on their own?

Thanks again for making this available.

• This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by JS.
• This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by JS.
• This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by JS.
• This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by JS.