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[Presenter] Welcome to Making the Future Accessible: Adding Alt Text to Images and Gifs. Before we begin, I would like to go over the image on the front slide of our presentation. In the image, a blind black woman uses an accessible navigation app on her phone, which vibrates as she reaches her airport terminal. The woman wears glasses and pulls a suitcase with her right hand. She is following a…
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Department ID & Description Requisitions Under 50K (either approver) Requisitions Over 50k (either approver) Invoices Any Amount (either approver) C816300000-C UITS-General Assignment Michael Milligan Michael Milligan, LeeAnn Pasquini Michael Milligan C816305000-C UITS-Applications Development Shawn Skelly, Michael Milligan Shawn Skelly, Michael Milligan, LeeAnn Pasquini Shawn Skelly, Michael…
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Department ID & Description Contracts Under 50k (either approver) Contracts 50k to 300k (either approver) contracts 300k to 500k (both approvers) Contracts Over 500k (both approvers) Contract Requests Any Amount (either approver) C816300000-C UITS-General Assignment Michael Milligan Michael Milligan Michael Milligan, LeeAnn Pasquini Michael Milligan, Lisa Calise Michael Milligan C816305000-C…
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Use built-in heading styles, If you have sections of content with a section heading for each section, you should always use proper heading styles for those section headings. For example, let’s say you have a training guide that has three sections – Searching for items, making a purchase, and reviewing a purchase, those three sections would be assigned as heading 2s. The title of the document, email, or webpage is always the…, Always keep to the heading hierarchy , You should never skip a heading level. If you have a heading 2 and decide to have a couple sub-sections under that heading level 2, those sub-sections should be heading level 3s, not heading level 4s. , If you have no sections, no headings are needed, Sometimes you are writing either a one section webpage, one page document without sections, or a short email without sections. In this case, no headings are needed.
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Bolded text, is the best way to emphasize content visually. You also also use a color to emphasize the content but should always use bold at the same time as not everyone perceives colors in the same or can perceive colors at all. Avoid the use of italics as it's harder for people with dyslexia to read as well as harder for everyone in general to read. Do not use underlines to emphasize text. Underlines are…
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When designing content for the web, use actual text in your design, whether creating an email, a table of contents, a call out box, or other type of marketing content., What barriers does an image of text create?, An image of text can often not be resized with zoom/magnification tools. An image of text for can be hard to convey through alt text, especially a table screenshot, which can be impossible to describe through alt text. The text in the image becomes unsearchable and cannot be translated into other languages. If someone has images disabled due to low bandwidth or sensory issues, they lose the…
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Why color as the only way to convey meaning can be an issue, Using color as the only way to convey meaning can create issues for people who are color blind and people who are blind, deaf-blind, or have low vision. In the case of someone who is color blind, they may not be able to distinguish between certain colors such as red and green, or they may actually not see colors at all (known as monochromatic vision). The example below is a bracelet concept…, Original image, Deuteranopia simulation, The other main issue was the solution didn't take into consideration if someone was blind, deaf-blind, or had low vision. If the person had low vision, they may have to stand close to the person to evaluate the bracelet - perhaps too close in the case of social distancing. For a person who is blind or deaf-blind, even if braille was added to the bracelet, that would again prevent a person from…, What are ways to convey meaning outside of color?, It depends on the scenario. Here are a couple of examples that will help with your decision making process: If using red, yellow, and green to denote statuses in a spreadsheet, consider also using a text equivalent of that status in the status field, such as showstopper, at risk, and no issues. If using color to convey statuses in an interactive graph (for example, a bar graph), display both the…
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Whenever you are creating content with a background color, you should use the WebAiM Contrast Checker to confirm that your background and foreground colors will meet color contrast guidelines. This ensures not only that the color blind community can access your content, but it improves readability for everyone.
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