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Alternative Text

Adding alternative text for images is the first principle of web accessibility. It is also one of the most difficult to properly implement. The web is replete with images that have missing, incorrect, or poor alternative text.

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Created date
26th March 2021
Updated date
26th April 2021
Audience
Content designers/authors
User experience (UX) designers
Visual designers
Topics
Accessibility
Format
Blended content
Type of resource
Guidance

Introduction to Web Accessibility

When websites and web tools are properly designed and coded, people with disabilities can use them. However, currently many sites and tools are developed with accessibility barriers that make them difficult or impossible for some people to use.

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Created date
29th March 2021
Updated date
26th April 2021
Audience
Content designers/authors
User experience (UX) designers
Visual designers
Topics
Accessibility
Format
Video
Type of resource
Guidance
Image
A collection of tools
Created date
26th April 2021
Updated date
26th April 2021
Audience
Content designers/authors
Topics
Content strategy
Format
Audio
Type of resource
Advice

A11y Rules Podcast (episode E084)

The a11y rules podcast talks to people with lived experience of disability and accessibility barriers on the web. A great listen. 

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Created date
8th April 2021
Updated date
26th April 2021
Topics
Accessibility
Format
Audio
Type of resource
Advice

Accessibility evaluation tools

In order to help web designers, developers, and evaluators choose an appropriate tool for their purposes, this article discusses the general types or classifications of accessibility tools.

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Created date
26th March 2021
Updated date
26th April 2021
Audience
Content designers/authors
Topics
Accessibility
Format
Web content
Type of resource
Templates

Captions, Transcripts, and Audio Descriptions

Accessible multimedia (visual and auditory content that is synchronized) must include captions—text versions of speech and other important audio content—allowing it to be accessible to people who can't hear all of the audio. © WebAIM 

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Created date
26th March 2021
Updated date
26th April 2021
Audience
User experience (UX) designers
Visual designers
Topics
Accessibility
Format
Video
Type of resource
Guidance

Content Strategy Basics

Content strategy focuses on the planning, creation, delivery, and governance of content.  Content not only includes the words on the page but also the images and multimedia that are used.

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Created date
29th March 2021
Updated date
26th April 2021
Audience
Content designers/authors
Topics
Content strategy
Format
Web content
Type of resource
Advice
Guidance

Writing well for the web

From Gov.uk's series on writing web content: People read differently on the web than they do on paper. This means that the best approach when writing for the web is different from writing for print.

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Created date
29th March 2021
Updated date
26th April 2021
Audience
Content designers/authors
Topics
Content strategy
Format
Web content
Type of resource
Guidance

UX resources

A list of some of our favourite UX resource publications.

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Created date
12th April 2021
Updated date
26th April 2021
Audience
User experience (UX) designers
Format
Web content
Type of resource
Guidance

Know your audience

Your writing will be most effective if you understand who you’re writing for.

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Created date
29th March 2021
Updated date
26th April 2021
Format
Web content
Type of resource
Advice

Creating accessible forms

Accessible forms are easy to understand, complete, and submit. Instructions, cues, required form fields, and field formatting requirements must be clearly identified to users. Error recovery must be intuitive and descriptive.

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Created date
26th March 2021
Updated date
26th April 2021
Audience
User experience (UX) designers
Visual designers
Topics
Content strategy
Accessibility
Format
Blended content
Type of resource
Advice