{"id":36557,"date":"2023-10-27T10:15:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T10:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accelerate.sport\/?post_type=blog_post&p=36557"},"modified":"2023-12-01T09:20:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T09:20:02","slug":"a-guide-on-how-to-make-your-content-accessible","status":"publish","type":"blog_post","link":"https:\/\/accelerate.sport\/welsh\/blog-post\/a-guide-on-how-to-make-your-content-accessible\/","title":{"rendered":"A guide on how to make your content accessible"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ensuring your media is accessible requires taking an extra step. And although this sounds like a lot of work, it’s important to remember that people in your audience might require your media to be accessible in order to take it in.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are some of the best practices for creating accessible media, and staying on top of your content.<\/p>\n

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Colour<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Don’t JUST use colour to convey meaning. There are over 3 million colour blind people in the UK alone (That’s 4.5% of the population)<\/p>\n

BBC Sport recently updated their league tables to be accessible to those with colour blindness. Instead of just using colour, they implemented W (for win) , D (for draw), and L (for loss) to help convey the meaning.<\/p>\n

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Use good colour contrast<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Help your text to stand out!<\/p>\n

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Fonts & Type<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Use a sans serif font like Arial or Helvetica in minimum size 12. <\/span><\/p>\n

Avoid all caps, italics and underlining (except for links).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Don’t time activities<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you’re setting up a quiz, or a task. Give the end user as much time as they need to answer it.<\/p>\n

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Think about the user<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Keep your content clear and concise.<\/p>\n

Most people read from top left to bottom right so order text in the same way. This is especially useful for people who ues screen readers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alt-tags<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Use alt-tags for your images.<\/p>\n

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Vary your content<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Provide content in a variety of formats such as audio and video (but provide transcripts and CC).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Links and headings<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Make sure links and headings are descriptive e.g. contact us<\/strong> rather than just click here.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Digital Accessibility eLearning course<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Accelerate Sport Digital Accessibility eLearning course will consider the diverse abilities of members within your organisation and understand how to create accessible create digital content for your website, training materials, manuals and more.<\/p>\n

You’ll learn:<\/p>\n