The Importance of Web Accessibility
summary
Panel states that about 1 billion people have disabilities and roughly 20% of users are affected, warns of US lawsuits happening about one every working hour, and notes the European Accessibility Act coming into force by 2025. Practical fixes shown: add alt text to images, provide captions and transcripts, enable iOS/Android accessibility shortcuts, run automated audits (WAVE/Deepgram demos mentioned) and do simple user testing. A tiny QR-linked site is built onstage so attendees can practice adding alt text.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:06Meet the speakers
- 4:35What is web accessibility
- 10:15Why is accessibility important
- 15:49Why is accessibility better design
- 19:24Who is contributing to accessibility
- 23:37Its not about time
- 27:12How can we create
- 32:39Getting into accessibility
- 36:25Accessibility shortcuts
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