Markets that currently have inaccessible websites and applications have potential for 22% growth. In this week’s blog, you can find out why having equal access to your digital assets would benefit your organisation.
Tag: advice
IA Labs launches the Digital Day report at the Oireachtas
On Wednesday the 16th of November, Inclusion and Accessibility (IA) Labs visited Leinster House to present our findings on “A Digital Day in the Life of a Person with a Disability in Ireland”.
Creating Accessible Videos
Videos are considered one of the best ways for organisations to engage their users: a well-made video can tell a story that sticks in someone’s memory. But videos shouldn’t just be well-made, but also accessible, so that everyone who watches it can understand it.
Designing Accessible Forms – What you need to know
Forms are ubiquitous on website and apps and needed for all sorts of things, but are also one of the most common places accessibility problems occur. In this article, we go through all the ingredients of creating an accessible form that provides the best experience for all users.
1.4.11: Non-Text Contrast
Non-text Contrast is a WCAG 2.1 Level AA success criterion and states that user interface components and graphical objects should have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1 against adjacent colours.
IA Labs urge private sector to be ready for EU accessibility legislation
The European Accessibility Act was adopted in April 2019 and will introduce harmonised rules on accessibility for private-sector products and services in the EU for the first time.
Understanding the POUR Principles of Accessibility
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are internationally agreed upon standards established to help content authors and developers create web content – whether a website, web application, or other digital technology – with accessibility in mind. There are four main guiding principles of accessibility upon which the WCAG have been built.