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From: Renato Iwashima
Date: Oct 3, 2019 4:22PM

Hi,

It is quite common to find some applications that do a little introduction
of their software on first load by having a step-by-step on boarding
tutorial with tooltips that point to specific areas or controls on the
screen explaining what that area or object does. They usually behave like a
modal, meaning it blocks the whole screen only allowing you to interact
with the tooltip or with the control it is pointing to.

Since this interaction is very visually oriented (because it points to
things on the screen), I'd like to know what can be done to make this
experience accessible. What are the best practices for this? Has anyone
seen a good accessible on boarding experience?

Thanks!