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Tag: How-to

Email checklist

Posted on October 2, 2024 (October 23, 2024) by sarahnoa

The most common accessibility issues in email include:

  • Sending a single image as the entire email content (especially common for promoting events)
  • Unclear or insufficient descriptive hyperlink text
  • Inaccessible data tables
  • Inaccessible attachments (image-based PDFs, videos without captions or transcripts)

Use the checklist below to ensure your email and email signature meet accessibility requirements. If Continue Reading »

How To: Automatically capture Zoom transcript

Posted on October 9, 2023 (October 23, 2024) by amycarss
Capturing an automatic transcript of an online meeting can benefit people with hearing and auditory processing impairments, those who are neurodivergent, as well as non-disabled people who missed the meeting.

How to: Set up Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services

Posted on July 21, 2023 (October 23, 2024) by amycarss
Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services provide a high-quality, realtime transcript that makes a live event accessible for people who are Deaf, hard of hearing or have visual processing disorders. If you know your event will include someone who would benefit from this service, hire a CART provider.

How to: Screen readers

Posted on May 4, 2023 (October 23, 2024) by amycarss
How to activate a screen reader on your computer, phone or tablet, plus our favorite screen reader cheat sheet.

How to: Keyboard navigation

Posted on May 4, 2023 (October 23, 2024) by amycarss
Checking that a page can be navigated without a mouse is one of the easiest accessibility tests you can do. It ensures that people who need to – or prefer to – navigate the web with their keyboard can get to the functionalities they need.

How to: Color contrast checker

Posted on May 4, 2023 (October 23, 2024) by amycarss
We like the WebAIM color contrast checker because it includes an eyedropper tool that lets you sample colors from a graphic or image before you upload it to the web.

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