Ten Reasons Your Application Isn't Accessible and What You Can Do About It
summary
Lists ten concrete failure modes and fixes: insufficient alt text illustrated with a cat-versus-bird example showing context matters, missed captions for media, and missing or vague link text like “read more”; recommends scanners (called out as P), the browser inspect tool for contrast ratios, manual checks for text-on-image, keyboard testing with use your keyboard and avoiding tabindex, routine user tests with people with disabilities, and warns that overlays are a false economy versus building accessibility into estimates and designs.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction to accessibility
- 0:44Media and alternative text
- 2:01Accessible link text
- 3:00Visual contrast and design
- 4:12Content structure and semantic
- 4:54Keyboard navigation
- 5:56Testing and user feedback
- 6:57Planning and awareness
- 7:38Training and economics
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