Talk To Me - Making web sites accessible
summary
Claims that 300 million people worldwide have impaired vision and that most websites are unusable get illustrated with concrete fixes: run the W3C validator, do keyboard testing, try NVDA or VoiceOver and JAWS, add proper labels (label for + input id), use alt="" for decorative images, replace non‑focusable anchors with real buttons or add tabindex="0" or href="#" so keyboard can reach them, and mark dynamic updates with aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true". Demos include a broken Amazon page, an autocomplete workaround, and jQuery UI menu/widget ARIA markup.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction to accessibility
- 8:44Why accessibility matters
- 13:40Testing accessibility basics
- 23:49Screen readers and testing
- 37:03ARIA and frameworks like jQuery UI
- 42:01Summary and call to action
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