What is accessibility?
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Web accessibility is a series of inclusive design and programming guidelines that allow the user to perceive, interact and navigate a site regardless of whether it has disabilities, they are older adults or are little familiar with the use of the Internet.
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How much does it cost?
The required investment is almost the same as for a site not optimized to be accessible, it is about making planning, design and development contemplating the guidelines of the The initiative for web accessibility of the W3C . In addition, accessible sites have other associated benefits:
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- Better search engine positioning. By having a better structured code
- Better usability for all users.
- Increase your audiences being inclusive.
What can I do to improve the accessibility of my site?
If you already have a site, follow these tips to improve the experience of your users including those who have some disability:
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- Add descriptions on ALT labels, in this way people who cannot see the images can understand it.
- Use heading labels correctly. Remember that you can only have a main header per page (H1) and the other sub-founded (H2, H3, H4 etc.) must follow a descending logical structure.
- Forms that work with screen readers. Make sure you have the label in the fields so that users know how to enter their information.
- Allows navigation with the keyboard.
- Use colors with a good contrast. Both in the funds of the texts and particularly in the links to facilitate their reading.
- Allows the manual increase in the size of the text.
- Do not depend on the color to infer meaning, use it as a complement.