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AI alt text tools can describe almost any image in seconds. For teams with thousands of undescribed images, that speed is tempting. The compliance question is whether AI image descriptions actually do the job alt text is meant to do. The short answer is no, not on their own. AI […]
A website has to keep working when a user is limited for hours, days, or weeks. Someone recovering from surgery, squinting through dilated eyes after an exam, or holding a child in one arm still needs to check out, log in, or book an appointment. If the site fails them […]
Color helps websites look polished, guide attention and communicate meaning. But for millions of people with color vision deficiency, color alone can hide important information. A red error message, a green “in stock” label or a link that differs from body text only by hue may be invisible to them. […]
Dyslexia, ADHD, and memory differences change how people experience a website, and each one does it differently. Every page makes four demands of its visitors: reading the text, holding attention, remembering what came before, and keeping up with the pace. When a site asks too much on any of them, […]
WCAG 2.2, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2, is the current version of the web accessibility standard published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). W3C released it in October 2023, five years after WCAG 2.1. It adds nine success criteria focused on keyboard focus, touch input, and login […]
CAG 2.1, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1, is the technical standard published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that most accessibility laws now point to. W3C released it on June 5, 2018, as an extension of WCAG 2.0. It adds criteria for mobile devices, low vision, and […]
WCAG 2.0, the second version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, is a technical standard published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It defines how to make web content accessible to people with disabilities. W3C released it as a Recommendation in December 2008, and it served as the main […]
UK website accessibility law works through two main pieces of legislation, and they apply to different organisations in different ways. The Equality Act 2010 sets a general duty for both public and private sector service providers. The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018 adds a stricter, […]
Deafness and hearing loss affect how people access content delivered through sound, but the experience varies. Someone in the Deaf community may communicate primarily in American Sign Language, a distinct language with its own grammar, not a signed version of English. Someone who is hard of hearing may rely more […]
Motor disabilities affect a person’s ability to control or coordinate physical movement, and they take many forms, including limited mobility, tremor, paralysis, and reduced use of one hand or side of the body. These conditions can be present from birth or result from injury, illness, or age-related changes. What they […]
