Category: Accessibility

Hiding a text but making it accessible to a screen readerArticle contains
  1. Making hidden text accessible to screen readers: a guide
    1. Notes
  2. Difference between CSS class .visually-hidden and .sr-only
  3. Accessibility and Hidden Text: Can Screen Readers Detect It?
  4. How visibility: hidden affects screen readers
  5. Is there a way to test whether the hidden text is actually being read by screen readers after applying the .visually-hidden class?
  6. Why hide text from sighted users?
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Hiding a text but making it accessible to a screen reader

Accessible hiding allows an element to be visually hidden while remaining accessible to assistive technologies such as screen readers. The approach is to apply a CSS class to the element that should not be shown.

There are several solutions for this type of CSS class, but we recommend following styles that cover hiding elements and optionally giving the ability to show the element when the element receives the focus or contains an element that has received focus. Useful for Skip to the main content links. See Adding a link at the top of each page that goes directly to the main content area.

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The key to agile accessibility: Effective measurement of what mattersArticle contains
  1. Why should you track the performance of your agile accessibility efforts?
  2. What should you track to see if your agile approach to accessibility is effective?
  3. What are some common myths about accessibility in agile development?
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The key to agile accessibility: Effective measurement of what matters

Agile accessibility is the incorporation of accessibility principles and practices into the agile software development methodology.

Ensuring accessibility is an a constant and iterative process throughout the development cycle meaning making sure that software and web applications are designed and developed with accessibility in mind from the very beginning.

Tracking accessibility KPIs is a critical step in ensuring that your digital products are accessible to all users.

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Sass with RTL and LTR support: creating multilingual websitesArticle contains
  1. Understanding Sass with RTL and LTR Support
  2. Key definitions and explanations
  3. A screenshot of a page with right-to-left content
  4. How to implement RTL and LTR support in Sass
  5. Changing the locale in Chromium-based browsers
  6. Tips and tricks for managing bi-directional text
    1. Time
    2. Parentheses
  7. Additional resources for managing bi-directional text
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Sass with RTL and LTR support: creating multilingual websites

Sass with RTL and LTR support isn’t available out of the box, but it can be done through simple Sass @mixin and @include rules that can be used across all Sass files.

RTL stands for Right-to-Left. It is a writing direction used in languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian. Supporting both right-to-left (RTL), more often bi-directional (BiDi), and left-to-right (LTR) representations of Web pages can be a challange.

Note that you can also achieve the same with Less (which stands for Leaner Style Sheets).

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WCAG 2.2: New Web Accessibility Guidelines for Improved User ExperienceArticle contains
  1. WCAG 2.2: what's new
  2. Summary
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WCAG 2.2: New Web Accessibility Guidelines for Improved User Experience

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 was published as a W3C Recommendation web standard on October 5, 2023.

According to the World Wide Web (W3) site:

WCAG 2.2 was initiated with the goal to continue the work of WCAG 2.1: Improving accessibility guidance for three major groups: users with cognitive or learning disabilities, users with low vision, and users with disabilities on mobile devices.

This is huge news for anyone who creates websites, digital services, or mobile applications, or if you simply care about making the internet more accessible in general.

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European Accessibility Act in questions and answersArticle contains
  1. Key documents
  2. Why it was created?
  3. What steps must businesses take right now to implement the act?
  4. What products and services fall under the regulation of the Act?
    1. Products
    2. Services
  5. What laws now apply, how will they change, and when? Exist any special cases?
  6. What are the standard demands made by the Act?
  7. When services or goods fail to adhere to the new regulations, what can users do?
  8. Additional resources
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European Accessibility Act in questions and answers

A new set of minimum accessibility standards for a variety of products and services has been established across the EU under the European Accessibility Act (EAA), a piece of EU legislation. It aims to make it easier for people with disabilities to access the goods and services that are offered inside the EU’s internal market.

The Act is a Directive, which means it sets binding accessibility goals upon ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities but leaves it to the Member States of the European Union to decide how they want to achieve them. It was implemented in 2019 and completes and complements existing accessibility-related EU laws.

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Hide content in CSS pseudo elements from screen readersArticle contains
  1. Hiding content in CSS pseudo elements from screen readers: use case and solution
  2. How to hide content from screen readers in CSS pseudo elements
    1. Solution: Hiding Content in Pseudo Elements
    2. Example code: hiding content from screen readers
  3. Results of testing the implementation
  4. Limitations and considerations for hiding content in pseudo elements
Create perfect H1 heading for SEO and AccessibilityArticle contains
  1. The anatomy of the H1 heading
  2. Organize heading levels hierarchically in the same way that a book's index is organized
  3. Keep correct headings hierarchy importance to clearly highlight a page's structure and organization
  4. Include important keywords in your H1 heading
  5. Keep H1 heading unique across all pages
  6. The H1 heading should not be wrapped around the logo
  7. What should the length of an H1 element be?
  8. The H1 heading and page title
  9. Get more inspiration for the H1 description and page content outline
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Create perfect H1 heading for SEO and Accessibility

Headings communicate the organization of the page’s content. The h1 heading, which is usually the largest heading on a page, describes the main topic of the page and typically corresponds to the title of the page. It gives users an indication of what the page is about.

The h1 heading influences visitors’ decisions about whether or not to continue reading a page. It communicates the page’s relevance to search engines.

According to the WCAG headings rules, levels should be used hierarchically, with the main heading being the highest level (h1) and subheadings being subsequent lower levels (h2, h3, h4, etc.). This structure makes it easier for people with visual impairments, cognitive disabilities, and learning difficulties to easily understand the content of a web page.

In this article, we’ll go over all you need to know about the h1 heading and how to make the most of it from the perspective of the user, SEO, and accessibility!

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Accessibility and Auditing Websites in Real Time made with Google Slides PresentationArticle contains
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  2. Presentation
Accessibility overlays - demystifying secretsArticle contains
  1. What accessibility overlay is?
  2. How does accessibility overlay work?
  3. How do I add widgets to accessibility?
  4. Can automated accessibility tools really fix all issues?
  5. Are accessibility overlays WCAG compliant?
  6. Is it possible for an overlay product to prevent the legal risk?
  7. Why do accessibility overlays often break page layout and behavior?
    1. Soft issues
    2. Hard issues
  8. Summary in bulletpoints
  9. Business perspective
  10. The recommended solution
  11. Other resources
Sitelint presentation at CSUN Assistive Technology ConferenceArticle contains
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  2. Audience
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Sitelint presentation at CSUN Assistive Technology Conference

We’ll have the presentation An Approach to Real-Time, Client-Side Accessibility Audits at CSUN 2023 Conference .

Description

SiteLint is Google Analytics for Accessibility. The platform allows users to monitor and audit unlimited sites, in real-time, without crawling or auditing in specific time intervals. Users can collect results from real users, networks, and devices, which will improve significantly the remediation process by knowing which pages reported the most issues. This session will provide a demo of SiteLint and talk about the technical challenges overcome.

Audience

  • Higher Education
  • Information & Communications Technology
  • Government
  • Finance & Banking
  • Research & Development