Accessibility Insights makes code more accessible
We’re all going to need accessible software at some point. It might be because we’re disabled or broke an arm or need to hold a baby. How we’re attempting to access software matters far more than why; accessibility is situational. When we make software accessible by adding assistive technologies, we make it more usable, providing tools that allow it to be used by anyone at any time.It’s perhaps better to think of accessibility as part of an approach we call universal design. It is characterized by building applications that can be accessed by the widest possible group of people, across all abilities, in as many situations as we can imagine. It’s an important concept that ensures software is accessible by default—that it’s harder to remove accessibility features from user experiences than it used to be to add them.To read this article in full, please click here
We’re all going to need accessible software at some point. It might be because we’re disabled or broke an arm or need to hold a baby. How we’re attempting to access software matters far more than why; accessibility is situational. When we make software accessible by adding assistive technologies, we make it more usable, providing tools that allow it to be used by anyone at any time.
It’s perhaps better to think of accessibility as part of an approach we call universal design. It is characterized by building applications that can be accessed by the widest possible group of people, across all abilities, in as many situations as we can imagine. It’s an important concept that ensures software is accessible by default—that it’s harder to remove accessibility features from user experiences than it used to be to add them.
