If you ever wonder when the a11y community would have a standard rule set for native Android and iOS apps, well, you may rejoice now! In a recent joint press release at CSUN 2019, Deque Systems and Microsoft have announced their partnership to release Axe for Android and iOS. As Axe for native apps are […]
Continue reading Axe Enters into new foraysUnderstanding SC 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded)
1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded): An alternative for time-based media or audio description of the prerecorded video content is provided for synchronized media, except when the media is a media alternative for text and is clearly labeled as such. (Level A) This success criterion intends that video with audio that presents significant visual […]
Continue reading Understanding SC 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded)Understanding SC 1.2.4 Captions (Live)
1.2.4 Captions (Live): Captions are provided for all live audio content in synchronized media. (Level AA) The intent of this success criterion is to provide captions for the live media content. Live media refers to the audio/video content that is relayed/broadcasted live on the internet platform. Live captioning is seen on live news broadcast, live […]
Continue reading Understanding SC 1.2.4 Captions (Live)Foresee Your Colors: Tools to Evaluate your design for Color contrast Accessibility
It is a sunny day. The sun is so dazzling in your eyes as you are walking in to your office from lunch. You want to finish up an email so quickly but your eyes are not so obedient to look at the computer screen as it has just entered a contrastive suddenness and they […]
Continue reading Foresee Your Colors: Tools to Evaluate your design for Color contrast AccessibilityWebAIM’s Survey of Low Vision Users #2: What do we make of it?
Just as everyone and their experience are not the same, so the persons with disabilities and their experience too. So when we talk about the low vision users, every user with low vision, his/her disability characteristics and the experience in the physical world and the digital world are so dynamic and unique. In this context, […]
Continue reading WebAIM’s Survey of Low Vision Users #2: What do we make of it?Understanding SC 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded)
1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded): Audio description is provided for all prerecorded video content in synchronized media. (Level AA) The intent of this success criterion is to provide audio descriptions to the videos so as to aid blind & visually impaired users understand the visual aspect of the video content. Videos often contain a lot of […]
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