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Browser, API and Assistive Technology: A Love Triangle

watch on portal.gitnation.org ↗https://portal.gitnation.org/contents/browser-api-and-assistive-technology-a-love-triangle
Talkat JSNation 2026 · on Thursday, 2026-06-11· at 17:05· [accessibility, web-platform]

speaker

name:Tshepiso Lehutjo
github:tshepi-tech

resources

video:https://portal.gitnation.org/contents/browser-api-and-assistive-technology-a-love-triangle
slides:none on file

summary

Explains how browsers, accessibility APIs (the interfaces exposed by browsers/OS), and assistive technologies (screen readers etc.) interact and why mismatches among them cause accessibility tests to behave unexpectedly. Outlines how understanding those relationships can improve debugging of accessibility issues.

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