Quick Tip: Language of content in a page The language of a web page must be identified with the lang attribute on the <html> element (Example: <html lang=”en-US“>). This helps ensure that a screen reader will present the content using the appropriate language vocabulary, intonations, and pronunciations. If a portion… Continue Reading Web Accessibility Tip – December 2019
WebAIM, one of the world leaders in information and resources promoting website accessibility has announced a major update/upgrade to their on-line automatic web accessibility assessment tool, WAVE. Shorthand for the “Web Accessibility EValuation”, WAVE has been used by developers, designers and users to test websites for almost 20 years. It… Continue Reading WebAIM Updates WAVE Tool
Quick Tip: Test contrast with Chrome Developer Tools The Chrome Developer Tools now provide easy and powerful contrast checking. Simply inspect an element and choose a text foreground color from the Style pane to see how that color aligns with WCAG 2 contrast requirements. You can even check the contrast… Continue Reading Web Accessibility Tip – September 2019