Not really, unfortunately. Very few customers require good UX with a screen reader, and we certainly can't afford the expenses necessary to research it on our own initiative.
To be honest, I didn't even think about it until now, but since you mentioned it, I'll ask my design team to do a small-ish research and in the future try to build navigation better accessible for people with impaired vision. I'll hardly be a top-notch experience, but at least we'll try to pick the lowest hanging fruit.
I take pride in making my websites accessible for everyone regardless of the monetary incentive to do so, and to make inaccessible websites simply because you don't think there's money in it is very shameful.
Not saying that hamburger menus can or cannot be accessible; just saying that, as an engineer, you really have an obligation to make something that is accessible. This is a basic, non-negotiable requirement for all software.
Wow, I didn't realise this was a risk picking up steam. Can only imagine how frustrating the internet was for screen reader users in 2020, which probably spurred this campaign on.
To be honest, I didn't even think about it until now, but since you mentioned it, I'll ask my design team to do a small-ish research and in the future try to build navigation better accessible for people with impaired vision. I'll hardly be a top-notch experience, but at least we'll try to pick the lowest hanging fruit.