WordCamp 2019 - Intro to Digital Accessibility

lawsuit against websites per ADA, court order development too
legal implications are huge - maybe for us AC
even embeded media accessible

Sites listing requirements
ada.gov
section508.gov

4 major areas

• cognitive
  • IQ, ESL, or having a really bad day
  • so simple direct sentences, words, paragraph
• motor skills
• vision
• hearing

Page media

text should reflect outline format (title, h1...6, section) esp for screen readers
alt text attr -- you can put "decorative" or something
even for word doc/PDF - pro only though?, good point
look at reading order
Google Docs

Video

• YouTube transcriptions etc, super important, and double check the autochecked stuff
• use the "Transcribe and auto-sync" in general
• notes in brackets for the sight impaired -
  • "strech like me" - "stretch like me [presenter stretches left]" -- so they can hear the actions
    • but can be a problem when people talk fast etc
  • law says as close as possible experience - so a Word doc with the video might be a lesser experience
• Talking about subtlies like background voices, adding notes in brackets
• REV.com will do transcriptions

a lot of this is just thinking all the way through
MS is leading the field
https://shorturl.at/oHT89

podcasts? -- well maybe, but then what about paintings and movies etc? transcriptions

make something accessible and then putting a note about how we are working on it #todo

auditing:

• siteimprove
• insight group
• plus that one guy up here in Salesforce

Questions

Does MarComm think through accessibility stuff?
What is our overlap of accessiblity v child wellbeing, what disqualifies legally speaking?