Any web designer or developer with her heart in the right place knows that, to be accessible, every image requires an alt text. Except when it doesn’t.
Source: alistapart.com
How do blind people use Instagram?
Teddy Edison shows us how above! It’s all thanks to the Accessibility setting on his iPhone which dictates what’s on his screen to him.
Yesterday and today I’ve been attending AccessU, the conference for educating attendees on best practices on creating and sharing accessible digital content. AccessU is produced by the non-profit Knowbility every year in Austin, TX at St. Edward’s University. It’s a great conference every year, and it reinforces to me just how much good design = accessible design.
I know the conference is almost over for this year, but if you want to learn more, consider checking out Knowbility’s training services and their great blog!
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