Accessibility - rehanusmani.in

Screen Reader Testing for Beginners: A Practical Guide to NVDA and VoiceOver

Rehan Usmani October 13, 2026

You don't need to be an expert to find real accessibility problems with a screen reader. Set up NVDA or VoiceOver, learn ten commands, and follow a 15-minute script that catches the issues automated tools miss.

A woman reads an e-book on a desktop computer. The EPUB reader shows a table of contents, a chapter titled The Power of Digital Learning, and buttons for text size, contrast and read aloud.

Accessibility Accessibility Testing

How to Test EPUB Accessibility: Automated Tools, Manual Testing and WCAG

Rehan Usmani October 8, 2026

A clean Ace report is only half the job. Learn which tools to use, how to test an EPUB by hand, and which WCAG level to aim for under the EAA.

A laptop showing a web page where a focused "Skip to Main Content" link at the top leads straight to the main content area, with the Tab and Enter keys highlighted on the keyboard below

Accessibility Design & Development

Skip Links: A Complete Guide for Developers and Designers (WCAG 2.2)

Rehan Usmani October 4, 2026

What skip links are, who needs them, what WCAG 2.4.1 actually requires, and a tested HTML and CSS pattern you can copy, with a one-minute test and a pre-ship checklist.

Glowing blue and orange sound waves flowing diagonally into translucent web form panels with text fields, dropdowns and toggles

Accessibility Design & Development

Audio-First Design Heuristics

Rehan Usmani October 3, 2026

Most interfaces are designed for the eye and patched for the ear. Four non-visual heuristics and an auditory wireframing method for designing interfaces that hold together as sound, sequence, and speech.

Illustration of interconnected scenes showing AI used in healthcare, finance, transport and other industries

Artificial Intelligence Accessibility

How AI Is Transforming Industries: 7 Applications and What They Mean for Accessibility

Rehan Usmani January 1, 2025

Seven industries where AI is making the biggest impact, and what each one means for the 1.3 billion people living with a disability.

Accessibility Compliance & Law

The Future of Web Accessibility: 7 Shifts to Prepare For (and What to Do About Each)

Rehan Usmani December 31, 2024

Accessibility is moving from a checklist to an enforced, measured part of how products ship. Seven shifts already under way, and what designers, developers and testers can do about each one now.

Accessibility icons for vision, hearing, mobility and cognition around a central accessibility symbol

Accessibility Compliance & Law

What Is Digital Accessibility? A Practical Guide to WCAG, POUR and Testing

Rehan Usmani December 26, 2024

What digital accessibility means, who it serves, the laws behind it, WCAG and the POUR principles in plain language, the six most common failures, and a 20-minute test you can run today.

Accessibility notes for engineering teams