Accessibility
Accessibility benefits everyone
The Right Place for Accessibility Jackie Latham, founder of Jackdaw Web Design, is an expert in accessibility for websites. And here she airs a recent bug bear from speaking to people about improving their website. “Accessibility is something that is applicable to every website. In a world that is moving forward driven by diversity, engagement…
Read MoreWhat’s the problem with accessibility overlays?
What are overlays? Accessibility overlays are a type of accessibility tool that can be added to a website to provide features such as increased font size, contrast, and text-to-speech. However, an accessibility overlay doesn’t make an accessible website. Why are they not fully accessible? The main concern with overlays is that they may not address…
Read MoreMaking your website work better with screen readers
My last post was all about getting text to look clear for people with visual impairments, so this time I’m going to take it one step further and talk about making your website work better with screen readers, and with virtually no technical knowledge. I should qualify that by saying that there are techy things…
Read MoreHow to make your website more legible
When it comes to website accessibility, most people’s first thought is that it means catering for visitors who use screen readers. Whilst this is true (and will be something I discuss in another post), designing for accessibility also includes designing for those with more minor visual impairments. For example: Most people are visually impaired…
Read MoreWhat sort of people is web accessibility for?
Website accessibility is usually (at least in the UK) seen as an optional, and often expensive, add-on that website owners think doesn’t apply to them because they don’t supply products or services to the “disabled” community. The official WCAG definition of web accessibility is making sure that “websites and web tools are properly designed and…
Read MoreFive of the best WordPress plugins for accessibility, but are they a magic fix?
A whopping 20% of the population have a disability of some kind or another. Some may use screen readers, some may need specific colour contrast between different elements of the page. Others will have cognitive disabilities or mobility disabilities. Whatever their need, you do not want to alienate One in Five of your target audience…
Read MoreWhat Is A Parallax Website And Do You Need One?
Wikipedia definition: Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines Due to foreshortening, nearby objects show a larger parallax than farther objects when observed from different positions, so parallax…
Read MoreWhat is web accessibility and why is it important?
Just imagine what would happen if you could tap into a market of over 11.5 million people, and that’s just in the UK. Imagine how that would benefit your business or organisation. Imagine how that increased revenue could help you help your clients. You may have a brand new website, and you’re undoubtedly really proud…
Read MoreWhat is Alt Text and why does it matter?
What is ‘alt text’? ‘Alt text’ is an extra little bit of information that can be added to media items like images. It’s there for use by screen readers, which are used by people who have vision problems. When the screen reader comes across an image it will read the alt text, so the more…
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