Guides and Tutorials

In this section you can find various guides and tutorials to help you out improve the accessibility of your project, be it a website, an application, or any other product that could benefit from some accessibility improvements.

Resources

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Diverse Abilities and Barriers

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This informative document from the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) explores the wide diversity of people and abilities, illustrating conditions that people with disabilities may face while using your products and services (websites, mobile or desktop applications, etc.

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Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools

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There is an abundance of web accessibility evaluation tools out there. They differ in features, how they work, the way in which they show evaluation results, type of issues identified, and many other aspects.

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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Overview

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This informative document provided by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) introduces the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). It explains their purpose, illustrating the reasons why they are important and how they get developed.

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Introduction to Web Accessibility

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When websites and applications 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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WAI-ARIA Overview

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Provided by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as an informative document, WAI-ARIA overview is a tutorial specifically crafted to introduce what the WAI-ARIA is, describe its purpose, and illustrate the role of all supporting documents making the specification (called the WAI-ARIA suite).

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Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview

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ATAG overview is a document that introduce the Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 standard. It describes the “ratio” behind this specification, as well as providing all the context that is necessary to understand why things have been organized in “the way they are”.

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Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) at a Glance

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ATAG at a glance is a document that paraphrases and summarizes Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 with (hopefully) clearer, more understandable terms. The main intent of this document is to help people understand the content of the ATAG specification, summarizing and paraphrasing concepts that may be hard to grasp while reading the proper specification.

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Considering the User Perspective: a Summary of Design Issues

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In this guide from WebAIM you can find a summary of the problems a user may experience with regards to web accessibility. Problems are classified by disability, so that it can be clearer why they are an issue and what may be the most appropriate solution.

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Design Considerations: One Size Fits All?

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When it comes to making a website or application accessible, sometimes it is tempting to elaborate different designs to accommodate people with different needs. In this guide from WebAIM you can find a brief overview how the pros and cons of this choice when compared to the available alternative: a single design, that tries to accommodate all needs of people with disabilities.

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Web Accessibility for Designers

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The process of creating an accessible website or application begins much earlier than the first line of code that implements it is written: the visual design of a page or screen can have a very significant impact!

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Using The Web Speech Api

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In this guide you can learn how to leverage the Web Speech API in order to perform speech synthesis (Text to Speech, TTS) and speech recognition within a browser.

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WAI-ARIA Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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In this document from the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), you can find a collection of the most frequently asked questions about the WAI-ARIA specification, how it is supported by web browsers and assistive technologies, and things you can do to start using this specification.

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