Use these hidden Chrome hacks to hear your website (Accessibility Pro tip)

What does your brand sound like? For years, designers and marketers have focused only on the aesthetic. But with more users relying on assistive technology and speech synthesis, understanding how your website sounds is now critical for accessibility and content quality.

In this video, we reveal two essential (and surprisingly easy) ways to listen to your website, catch hidden accessibility flaws, and audit your own copy before publishing. Stop rereading your content a million times—start listening to it!

HACK 1: The Screen Reader Emulation (Silktide Inspector)

We start by showing you how to use a simple, free browser extension to get an initial auditory review of your site. This reveals all the non-visual information a screen reader uses (like confusing alt text, missing headings, and poor link structure).

HACK 2: The Hidden Gem (Google Chrome Reading Mode)

This is the game-changer! We demo Google Chrome's built-in Reading Mode feature, which not only simplifies the page but uses incredible speech synthesis (text-to-speech) that you can adjust for voice and pitch.

Learn these two techniques today and transform how you approach digital accessibility and content creation!