So How Do I Know if my Website is Accessible?
summary
A practical yes/no checklist shows whether a site actually works: keyboard-only navigation and visible focus, correct tab order, keyboard-accessible drop‑downs and lightboxes, meaningful link text, alt text present (or empty when decorative), captions on videos, labelled form fields, logical headings, resizable text without layout break, and sufficient color contrast with no meaning conveyed by color alone. The talk demonstrates the WAVE toolbar and Colour Contrast Analyzer and warns that automated checks help but never replace manual verification.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Start
- 11:24What I'm going to cover
- 12:47Health warning
- 13:18Keyboard interaction
- 27:27Signposting content
- 28:33Using headings
- 31:48Text
- 33:35User input
- 36:19Colour contrast
- 38:48Colour & shape
- 41:47Useful links
- 47:36Some things I didn't cover
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