A Glimpse Into Accessibility

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Shows why accessibility is concrete not abstract: FaceTime/video relay replaces TTY and actually reconnects people, captions open YouTube/Netflix to deaf users, and color vision affects ~8% of men so red/green UI choices break real users. Practical fixes and tools include alt text on every image, label form fields and radio groups, caption all videos and disable autoplay, and testing with JAWS, axe and pa11y (plus Color Oracle). Fonts should be sans‑serif and JavaScript kept minimal for screen readers.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:28What is this talk?
3. 1:58Why this talk?
4. 3:21Our Blindness to #a11y
5. 11:27The Basics
6. 20:34Know Your Audience
7. 28:50Tools of the Trade
8. 34:21Remember...
9. 35:45Conclusion

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