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Screen Reader Only Text

At this point we are well aware that screen readers are a crucial tool for users that are vision impaired, illiterate or have a learning disability. Screen readers convert the content of your site to audio in the form of synthetic speech…

Links

Over the last few lessons, we’ve been looking at some of the most common WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) compliance failures, as identified by the WebAim Million report. In this lesson, we're going to talk about Links. So, how…

A picture is worth a thousand words

Remember the old adage, “a picture is worth a thousand words”? Well, there’s an added truth to that in the context of accessibility. Images convey information and meaning; when we add one to our product, we should provide at least a short description conveying any of the essential information presented by the image.

Color Contrast - Accessible Color Standards

Here we go again. It’s time for our next lesson! Recently, after evaluating the home pages of the top one million websites, the WebAim Million report identified the top six most common WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) compliance…

Accessibility - Why is it so important?

I feel strange talking about morals, but at its heart accessibility is just the moral thing to do. That said, it benefits everybody. If you’re interested in making the business case for accessibility, here’s a great article opens in a new…

What is WCAG?

Hey, Welcome back. It’s time for our first lesson! Today’s lesson is going to cover these topics: So let’s dive right into it. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or WCAG, are global standards describing how to make web products more…

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