Web accessibility
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The document emphasizes the importance of web accessibility, highlighting that it should cater to the diverse needs of users, including those with disabilities. It provides statistics indicating that many people with visual impairments feel the web has become less accessible, attributing this to factors like lack of awareness and skills among developers. The document suggests practical tips for improving website accessibility, such as using alt text and proper color contrasts.
Web accessibility
- 3. Accessibility is about ensuring that something is equally available to everyone...
- 5. Accessibility goes a bit further. It is about making it equally accessible, but by the means that each person needs to access it.
- 6. Stairs might be equally available, but can all people use stairs? No! Some people need ramps. Stairs are not “accessible.”
- 9. People want to access your website, but maybe they can’t see it, or hear your video, or lack the motor skills to navigate the busy page with tons of closely grouped links.
- 10. … should you choose to accept it, is to do your best to make your site as accessible as possible to every person regardless of their physical capabilities.
- 11. Don’t make it an afterthought:
- 13. ● Over 6.6 million Americans are estimated to have some type of visual impairment (nfb.org) ● 1 in 8 people in the United States aged 12 years or older have hearing loss in both ears. (nih.gov)
- 14. Thanks to WebAim.org who surveyed over 1,400 people with visual impairment and provided their data. The next few slides use it.
- 15. ● Nearly 22% of respondents believed that the web has become less accessible in the last year. ● Nearly 42% believe that web accessibility has stayed about the same over the last year. ● And only 37% believe it has improved.
- 16. When asked whether assistive technology needed to improve or the websites themselves, 81.3% of respondents said websites need to improve!
- 17. When asked what they believed the reasons were for an inaccessible web, respondents thought: ● Lack of awareness: 39.6% ● Lack of skills from developers: 27.4% ● Fear of affects on site: 24.5% ● Lack of budget: 8.5%
- 18. How do people with visual impairment navigate your website? ● Page headings: 65.6% ● Search features: 15.2% ● Page links: 9.8% ● Read through the pages: 6.7%
- 19. Are you surprised by this? People with impairments believe that the internet is inaccessible due to lack of awareness, and they believe it is the job of website owners to fix it.
- 21. Make your website more accessible, make the internet a better place, and serve your customers! Here are some tips:
- 22. Easy Wins: ● Use “alt” text on images. ● Limit usage of PDFs ● Properly associate labels to form fields. ● Use text, not pictures containing text. ● Provide video transcripts. ● Choose high contrasting colors.
- 23. If you’re having trouble reading this, imagine what someone with visual impairment goes through.
- 24. There are many ways you can make a site more accessible. Here are some resources: ● W3C Tips: http://bit.ly/W3CAccess ● HowTo PDF: http://bit.ly/MakeAccessBetter ● Color Blind Simulator: http://bit.ly/Coblis ● Find me on LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/HiKris