Accessibility Matters: How to Build Apps for Everyone
summary
Built a public site for Guide Dogs for the Blind with measurable accessibility fixes: uses a contrast tool and spreadsheet to test brand colors and finds white-on-pink but black-on-orange works best; runs OptimalSort card sorting to reorganize menus (putting prospective students under “Get a guide dog”); implements a toolbar that saves contrast and text-size preferences, performs VoiceOver and keyboard testing, adds aria-labels and descriptive alt text for hero images, and reports a blind user who no longer needs external zoom or color software.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 2:23What does this mean?
- 4:38Dramatic Hoverstates
- 7:19Option to Raise Contrast and Text Size
- 8:24Menu Architecture is Organized
- 10:21Elements are grounded in context
