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WordPress 4.2 introduced a new JavaScript method: wp.a11y.speak(), which allows you to trigger spoken notifications for screen reader users. <\/p>\n

But why would you use it? And how?<\/p>\n

Hint: If you use AJAX in your plugin or theme settings, you may want to consider using it for the greater good of more accessible settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WordPress 4.2 introduced a new JavaScript method: wp.a11y.speak(), which allows you to trigger spoken notifications for screen reader users. But why would you use it? And how? Hint: If you use AJAX in your plugin or theme settings, you may … Continue reading Let WordPress Speak to Your Users: Introducing wp.a11y.speak()<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13708395,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1447509600,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"http:\/\/jeffreydewit.com\/wp-a11y-speak\/#\/","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[1355070],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[8340],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-1355278","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-development-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p67xtz-5Gzk","session_date_time":{"date":"November 14, 2015","time":"9:00 am"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"1355070","slug":"jeffrey-de-wit","name":"Jeffrey de Wit","link":"https:\/\/orlando.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/jeffrey-de-wit\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orlando.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1355278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orlando.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orlando.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orlando.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13708395"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/orlando.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1355278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1355889,"href":"https:\/\/orlando.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1355278\/revisions\/1355889"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orlando.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/1355070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orlando.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orlando.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=1355278"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orlando.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=1355278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}