Lesson 10The design process: how to make room for web accessibility?
- Notion 67 - Consider the layout
- Notion 68 - How you can use design to optimise your content
- Notion 69 - Make initial mock-ups
- Notion 70 - Usability is key!
- Notion 71 - Structure HTML properly
- Notion 72 - Your use of language matters
- Notion 73 - How to work with visual content
- Notion 74 - The importance of keyboard-only navigation
- Notion 75 - Pro-tips on design that are universally useful
- Notion 76 - Types of content to avoid at all costs
- Notion 77 - Check for conformance to accessibility standards and best practices
- Notion 78 - Review of the main concepts
Notion 72
Your use of language matters
Target skills
Learn how to adapt your language to be more universal.
Content accessibility also applies to text. Your content becomes more accessible by using a more universal langage.
Why?
It is possible to produce text adapted to people with communication or comprehension difficulties, whether due to disability or a low language level for example.
This adaptation is useful for everyone, by reducing the complexity of the information, and thus reducing the effort needed to understand it.
How?
The following good practices are applicable in many contexts, for everyone.
- Length: short sentences
- Consistency: using the same words for the same concepts
- Reduce complexity: using simple words and explaining complex terms.
- Active voice: sentences written in active voice are easier to understand
- Pertinent information: avoid less important informations.
- Visual aid: using titles, lists and images can help the global understanding
- Clear titles: explicit titles organize ideas better
To go further
W3 Recommandations for UX Writing : https://www.w3.org/WAI/tips/writing/