Is your website accessible? Many website owners are confused about the concept of accessibility. Simply, ‘accessibility’ means your website is also friendly to millions of people with disabilities across the globe with appropriate page and navigation features. The content of your website should be easily understandable to all those with disabilities. In fact, as per the W3C regulations now, your website has to be compliant with accessibility features. Google and other major search engines demand accessibility as a basic requirement to rank the web pages high on the search results. This article will discuss a few important points to consider your website is accessible for people with disabilities.
Some tips for ensuring accessibilities by AccessiBe
- Alt text for multimedia content
It is important to add alt text for buttons, images, and different other elements. The description also should be given in detail. AccessiBe also reiterates that it is essential to consider the images on your websites to be specified with proper descriptions and alt text.
- Audiovisual alternatives
Some people may not be able to see the images. Some may not be able to hear the audio. Some may not be able to interact with certain aspects of your website without proper auditory or visual alternatives perfectly. So, you may have to consider options like text tutorials or video tutorials to support their needs.
- Easy navigation
Navigation is the basic function you need to consider while thinking of accessibility. The website should be designed with easy navigability for all sorts of people with disabilities in mind. People should not get lost or trapped at any section of your website without being able to reach another part as they wish to. Proper naming conventions, alternate navigation methods, touch sensitivity, proper search functions, etc., are necessary to ensure easy navigation.
- Easy readability
Infographics, images, and other elements on the web page have to be created beautifully and appealingly. However, you should also make sure that people with disabilities can also get a quick scan and understand the content. Ensure easily readable text and also try using large and clear fonts. Usage of short paragraphs, unobstructed layout, and usage of clean text is also mandatory for accessibility.
- Ensure easy interaction with the website
Those who have disabilities may not be able to use a mouse or sometimes a keyboard, so they want to navigate and interact through the website in other ways. Some may be using text-only, and some may need touch screen features. For some people, voice search options are to be incorporated. So, the websites need to consider the needs of people with disabilities to interact with your website while building the website.
- Using colors wisely
It is essential to build the navigation bars consistently and the text spaced without making it difficult for the users to understand. You should consider the same principle for different visual elements of the web pages like checkboxes and buttons, etc., to maintain consistency and not confuse the users.
AccessiBe also suggests that to ensure easy accessibility and consistency, you should ensure that the text is clear, pages are responsive, and easily readable fonts are used to ensure optimum accessibility.
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