Three Tips to Improve the Accessibility of Your Website

Creating an accessible website means everyone can access the content on your site, no matter what language, software, or hardware they use. These three tips are steps you can take today to make your website more accessible to everyone.

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1. Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew Three Tips to Improve the Accessibility of Your Site Metro Detroit WordPress Meetup February 9, 2014
2. Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew What is an accessible website?
3. Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the World Wide Web “The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.”
5. Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew Tip #1: Add meaningful link text
6. Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew Use ❖Descriptive text, so purpose can be clearly understood ❖Text that can be understood out of context Avoid ❖“Click here” ❖“Read more” ❖“More info”
7. Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew Tip #2: Add appropriate alternative text to images
8. Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew Add appropriate descriptive text
9. Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew Tip #3: Add captions and transcripts to videos
10. Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew Captioning and Transcript Resources ❖YouTube: http://bit.ly/ytcaptions ❖Amara: http://bit.ly/acaptions ❖Cielo 24: http://bit.ly/cielo24cap ❖Automatic Sync: http://bit.ly/ascaptions ❖3PlayMedia: http://bit.ly/3pmcaptions
12. Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew Say hello Deborah Edwards-Onoro deborah@lireo.com Lireo Designs http://www.lireo.com/