Web Accessibility: Essential for Some, Useful for All

Learn how accessibility impacts people with disabilities and benefits everyone.

The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has created a series of short videos. They show the impact of web accessibility for people with disabilities, and the advantages for everyone in a variety of situations.

You can watch the full series in about 10 minutes. Audio described versions of the videos are available.

Video Captions (48 seconds)

Video Captions provides more information including what needs to happen for this to work and resources to learn more.

Colors with Good Contrast (1.03 minutes)

Colors with Good Contrast provides more information including what needs to happen for this to work and resources to learn more.

Large Links, Buttons, and Controls (43 seconds)

Large Links, Buttons, and Controls provides more information including what needs to happen for this to work and resources to learn more.

Customizable Text (47 seconds)

Customizable Text provides more information including what needs to happen for this to work and resources to learn more.

Keyboard Compatibility (48 seconds)

Keyboard Compatibility provides more information including what needs to happen for this to work and resources to learn more.

Clear Layout and Design (1.06 minutes)

Clear Layout and Design provides more information including what needs to happen for this to work and resources to learn more.

Notifications and Feedback (1.06 minutes)

Notifications and Feedback provides more information including what needs to happen for this to work and resources to learn more.

Text to Speech (54 seconds)

Text to Speech provides more information including what needs to happen for this to work and resources to learn more.

Understandable Content (56 seconds)

Understandable Content provides more information including what needs to happen for this to work and resources to learn more.

Voice Recognition (1.11 minutes)

Voice Recognition provides more information including what needs to happen for this to work and resources to learn more.

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