Lesson 9Getting started: planning and initiating accessible web design
- Notion 60 - Take stock of what you know and what you need to know
- Notion 61 - Make sure everyone on your team is on the same page
- Notion 62 - Include accessibility into your budget
- Notion 63 - Make note of the technical requirements needed for accessible design
- Notion 64 - Test and evaluate your ideas with experts and tools
- Notion 65 - Test and evaluate your ideas with your target audience
- Notion 66 - Review of the main concepts
Notion 66
Review of the main concepts
Target skills
So far, we've addressed the main points to consider in order for your digital project to be compliant with accessibility criteria from the planning phase. Now it's your turn to test your knowledge!
Bringing your website into compliance with accessibility rules only concerns large companies.
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If the highest number of accessibility-related user complaints are directed towards the most used digital services, you have everything to gain by making your website accessible. In doing so, you will reach more users and potential customers.
Accessibility is expensive
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By developing a rigorous accessibility strategy, you can easily reduce the costs associated with the project.
It must be put in place as soon as the site is designed according to precise specifications. Make sure that web accessibility rules are integrated in all the stages of the project: creation of models, development, testing and validation.
The market for people with disabilities can be estimated today at 1.3 billion potential customers.
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Whatever your target audience, it is made up of people with disabilities or with comprehension or perception disorders. And the Internet is a valuable tool for shopping and information. It is therefore essential to design an inclusive service from the start!
The vast majority of companies are not aware of the current legal framework on accessibility.
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Nearly 3/4 of companies are unaware of the legal risks associated with a digital service's accessibility non-compliance. Yet this risk is real and the fines are costly…
Among its proposals, which one is not an accessibility-compliant practice:
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All content and functionality must remain available and usable regardless of screen orientation (portrait or landscape).
The use of colors is always an asset for accessibility.
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Colors are an excellent way to bring information, as long as they are perceptible by the user! This is why contrasts must be carefully evaluated and colors alone cannot deliver information (if the user, for example, can't see them...)
Accessibility issues come into play during the design phase of the website.
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The implementation of an accessibility compliance strategy takes place throughout the life of a digital project, from its design, to its online launch and maintenance.