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Content checks for web accessibility

Topics

Reading level
Headings
Link texts
Video and audio
Alternative text for images
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This page gives an overview of practical approaches and best practices for to keep your content as readable for as many users as possible.

Reading level

People don’t read on the internet. They scan a page for keywords and only start reading when they find what they are looking for. That’s why it’s important to make the text scannable and easy to read.

Resources:

WordPress Accessibility Handbook on readability
Reading level – accessibility for web writers
1Up Your Writing with Plain Language by Ashley Bischoff (slides)

Headings

Headings are the framework of your content. A good heading structure reflects the content on your page, like the index of a book:

One H1 per page, describing what the page is about
Use the other headings meaningful by their level and not by their font size
A good heading describes in short the content that follows
Do not skip a heading level

Resources

Link texts

Use meaningful link text that describes the content being linked to
Avoid “click here”, “read more”, ”download”, ‘continue reading” as link text. It’s meaningless and people have to read around the link to see what’s it about
If you use an image as link, use the alternative text as link text

Resources:

Good link texts

Video and audio

Make sure video has closed captions
Make sure audio has transcriptions
Don’t auto-play video and audio

Alternative text for images

Always give images proper alternative text using the W3CW3C The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards.https://www.w3.org/. alt decision tree.

Resources:

Last updated: January 22, 2023

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