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Accessibility Resources
This page compiles links to accessibility-focused websites with a focus on making artwork accessible to those with low-vision due to my own bias as a vision impaired person.
Beginner Resources
- WebAIM Articles
- HTML, ARIA, and CSS accessibility guidelines. Information on semantic structure of a page, links and navigation, accessible forms, frames, javascript, keyboard navigation.
Checkers and Tools
- Contrast Checker [WebAIM]
- A site to check if your website text meets contrast accessibility requirements (small text, large text, GUI elements, for AA and AAA criterion).
Image Description
- Alternative Text [WebAIM]
- Context based examples and guidelines for how to write alt text depending on what text surrounds it. Also gives advice on how to make decorations, form image buttons, image maps, css images, and logos accessible.
- Making Images Accessible [Diagram Center]
- Free and open source training tools for writing image captions and image description text.
- Emilie Gossiaux's three-step process for describing art to a blind person [Be My Eyes - YouTube]
- A snippet from the Be My Eyes podcast interview with Emilie Gossiaux, a blind artist (link to full episode under Podcasts).
Web Accessibility Guidelines
- WebAIM Resources
- Web accessibility guidelines, training, and resource links. Tips for testing accessibility, a Section 508 checklist, a WCAG 2 checklist, quick reference guides, and evaluation tools.
- W3C - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
- Very technical but detailed. If you're not familiar with the WCAG, try the How to Meet WCAG (Quick Reference), use the Filter to search by tag then look at individual Technique pages.
- UEB Online
- Learn Unified English Braille, the most popular english braille system, online for free with online lessons and exercises. The website has a font size toggle and light-dark mode and contrast switcher.
Braille
Code
I've written an Accessible Gif Toggle that is free to use and edit. It includes demos and Javascript code.