Frontend: Add support for screen reading software

[jfayre]

I am blind and use a screen reader. The current Home Assistant UI is not accessible to people using screen reading technology.
Please make the UI compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 specs.
As a start, I would recommend labeling the buttons on the UI. All of them are unlabeled at this time.
I have been able to figure out what most of them do, but I am an advanced screen reader user and the process was tedious at best.

[balloob]

I must admit that i have never tested this with a screenreader. I will put this on my to do list to address.

[balloob]

Do you have a screen reader that you recommend to test with?

[justweb1]

Here is a quick video on accessibility in Polymer. https://youtu.be/Lktz1KXbTOU

[jfayre]

Hi,

Thanks so much for looking into this!

I primarily use Windows and IOS devices. On Windows, the screen reader I use is called NVDA:

http://www.nvaccess.org

The other one I use is JAWS for Windows, whci his not a free product:

http://www.freedomscientific.com

If you have never interacted with a screen reader before, check this article:

http://webaim.org/articles/nvda/

I’m a very experienced screen reader user. Feel free to ask any questions you might have.

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Do you have a screen reader that you recommend to test with?

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[jfayre]

Hello,
Do we have any update on this? Last night, I installed hass.io and am still seeing the same accessibility issues.

[balloob]

Sorry, it's still on my to do list 😞

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This issue was moved by zsarnett to home-assistant/ui-schema#202.