Tag: Accessibility

Fantastic post from Marcy about the consequences of the way we build, and how we can improve.

Brucey-kins on how semantic markup like <strong> and <em> is interpreted by screenreaders.

A good alt text can conjure up wonderfully stimulating mental images. A friendly smile is the same in print, photo or wax crayon. Whether you listen to an image or see it, the emotional response is the key factor, so why should we recommend that these emotion rich images should be given a null alt text and hidden from screen reader users?

VoiceOver has a bug that causes it to misbehave when content is broken up, such as by a <br> or <span> inside a link or header. This is a quick explanation of the issue and how to use role="text" to fix it.

When we rethink our approach to development, we go beyond just the base level of access to information. Inclusive development means making something valuable, not just accessible, to as many people as we can.

I really enjoyed this post from Dropbox about what they do to help cultivate an internal culture of accessibility.

Unsurprisingly, a lot of the advice here mirrors the same sort of good advice an organization might here about cultivating cultures of performance, security or any other critical yet overlooked component of design and development: share knowledge, experience the issues first-hand, celebrate improvements, and build it directly into your workflow.