Three Tips to Improve the Accessibility of Your Website

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Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew Three Tips to Improve the Accessibility of Your Site Metro Detroit WordPress Meetup February 9, 2014

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Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew What is an accessible website?

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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.”

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Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew Tip #1: Add meaningful link text

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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”

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Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew Tip #2: Add appropriate alternative text to images

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Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew Add appropriate descriptive text

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Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew Tip #3: Add captions and transcripts to videos

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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

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Deborah Edwards-Onoro @redcrew Say hello Deborah Edwards-Onoro [email protected] Lireo Designs http://www.lireo.com/