Quality, Equality, and Accessibility
summary
Argues that improving web accessibility raises overall quality and equality by showing concrete practices: scanning textbooks + OCR + text‑to‑speech restored independent reading, Gmail works with high‑contrast, zoom and TTS demos, and the Fluent site scales under magnification. Cites numbers — 15% of the world (over a billion) with disabilities, 10–20% with significant difficulty, and up to 50% of US adults with sub‑20/20 vision — and emphasizes keyboard/focus, semantics, flexible UI, automated tests and a free Udacity course at g.co/webaccessibilitycourse.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:37Lauras Story
- 5:20Accessibility Design
- 8:02Screen Reader Demo
- 8:38Visual UI Flexibility
- 9:51Contrast
- 10:23Accessibility Tools
- 10:56Conclusion
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