Anecdotally I know at least three people who gained literacy with computers through their efforts to publish personal web pages so it must be at least somewhat

Anecdotally I know at least three people who gained literacy with computers through their efforts to publish personal web pages so it must be at least somewhat accessible. Incidentally it is not any harder to publish a personal web site with basic HTML than it was 15 years ago, there are just other ways to "publish" online now that are easier.