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UX WCAG

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WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.1

Accessibility for people with disabilities aims to make digital content:

  1. Perceivable
    1. Provide text alternatives for non-text content
    2. Provide captions for multimedia content
    3. Make content easier to see
  2. Operable
    1. All functions via keyboard
    2. Give users enough time to “digest” content
    3. Do not use content that causes seizures physical reactions
    4. Help users navigate content
    5. Make other options available other than the keyboard
  3. Understandable
    1. Make text readable
    2. Make content appear in predictable ways
    3. Help users recover from mistakes
  4. Robust
    1. Forward-looking
    2. Scalable

WCAG 2.1 Level of Conformance

  • Level A: Basic requirement for users with disabilities to be able to access and use.
  • Level AA: Overall accessibility and removal of significant barriers to accessing content.
  • Level AAA: Provides improvements and enhancements to web accessibility for some users with disabilities.

Reference Web Content Accessibility Guidelines