Focus on Wave: Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool Plugin For Web
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Laura Thompson leads a discussion on the importance of website accessibility and how the WAVE plugin can help improve the user experience for individuals with disabilities. Learn how to make your website more inclusive and accessible to all users. https://wave.webaim.org/
Office Hours for 12/30/2022 - Show # 1011
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00:00 Start - First hour questions in comments
01:00:16 ** WAVE Web Accessibility Plug in **
01:12:18 How do you evaluate the accessibility of a web page? Are there automated tools that do this?
01:13:04 What browser is the most accessibility friendly and runs WAVE the best? Chrome, Firefox, or Edge? What other browser extensions are widely used for accessibility?
01:16:25 What screen reader do you use with WAVE? Do you just use one screen reader?
01:17:22 Does WAVE take into account those with mobility disabilities who may use alternatives to the keyboard? (Eye-tracking, single-switch access, etc.)
01:18:46 Should I add a WAVE link to my websites which are mostly running on wordpress?
01:20:02 Would it make sense to have a set of buttons on each page that would switch everything to page view that is specific to that disability, since some companies have specific color schemes?
01:21:18 "popetech" is "powered by wave" what does this do as a site scanner?
01:21:49 What is the one thing that a Web designer can do to improve their accessibility. What are the most common errors?
01:26:41 For a corporation that has lots of websites from different verticals within the company, can a product like WAVE be used to audit these pages for compliance? Are there methods to automate any evaluation methods?
01:28:23 Can you give us examples of sites that have high and low accessibility scores and things that please you and bother you about popular sites? What is officehours.global score?
01:30:24 I was blown away when I just rant [link] ... it's unbelieveably good for testing your sites. Can someone run this as a screen share to show the panel what this does. Use officehours.global or any site for a demo just to show it
01:30:53 What important is alt text? Do you get irritated that web authors ignore this?
01:32:40 When writing the ALT tag for a video on a web site, should you describe the thumbnail image, the content of the video, or both?
01:34:09 What's the practical difference between Alt tags and Aria-labels?
01:35:47 How important is contrast in accessibility of web pages?
01:38:20 My websites are getting horrible accessibility scores, I wish more people knew about this!
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