Accessibility
accessible web sites
Accessible web sites are available to and browseable for all people (and machines!). This includes people with visual or other physical handicaps as well as people with mental disabilities.
criteria
- the text is resizable (for people with reduced eyesight)
- images have an alt tag
- you can read everything with a screen reader
auditing
- How I do an accessibility check - YouTube Tutorial by Google
- Start Testing for Web Accessibility (A11y Coffee ☕️, 8/2020)
tools
- Tool list from the Web Accessibility Initiative
- Accessibility Insights – Windows application / Edge+Chrome addon made by Microsoft
- Install a text-based web browser like links to assess how the site looks in text-only mode
further information
- Accessibility in the Mozilla Developer Network (MDN)
- Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
videos
- videos should have subtitles for deaf people and blind people alike
- there should be a meaningful video description or a script