Lesson 4 Good for All of Us
Opening Up the Web to Everyone
Imagine you have fallen down and ____ your right arm.
There are some ____ that would be difficult to do with your injured arm.
For example, you might not be able to carry heavy boxes or ride your ____.
____ about accessing the Internet?
If you are right-handed, using a computer mouse or ____ with your left hand would be awkward and take a lot of time.
However, this is a minor challenge ____ to what some of us face on the Internet.
For people with certain disabilities, many websites can be ____ impossible to use.
This is the reason ____ web accessibility is important.
Web accessibility is the ____ of making sure that websites can be used by everyone, including people with disabilities.
So what ____ makes a website accessible?
____ are some common features of accessible websites.
Text Descriptions of Images
Along with ____, most websites include other forms of information, such as images.
Sometimes such visual information is important for ____ the text.
This is a problem for users with ____ disabilities.
When they go on a website, they often use ____ called “screen readers,” which read online text aloud.
However, these programs ____ “read” images.
Accessible websites solve this problem by providing alternative text, also ____ as “alt text.”
Alt ____ is a brief description of non-textual information.
For instance, if an image shows a group of students, its alt text would explain how many students are in the ____ and what they are doing.
Screen readers ____ detect this alt text and read it aloud.
This way, alt text ensures that people with visual disabilities can access more of the information on a ____.
Transcripts and Captions for Multimedia Content
In some ____, audio content cannot be accessed or understood.
Some people may have hearing disabilities, while others might be in places where they ____ listen to audio, such as a quiet library.
Therefore, ____ websites often offer other ways to access information that is presented in audio form.
For example, they may provide transcripts or captions that can help ____ access this information.
____ are text versions of the entire audio content, while captions are text versions of the audio that appear in a video as it plays.
Captions include not only the text version of the spoken words but also ____ of the music and other sounds in the video.
Content That Is Easy to See and Hear
Having a visual ____ doesn’t necessarily mean a person can’t see at all.
Some ____, including many elderly people, simply have poor eyesight.
This makes it difficult for ____ to read.
For this reason, accessible websites have a background color that ____ with the color of their text.
This makes the text clear enough for most ____ to see.
As for audio content, accessible websites allow users to adjust the volume of background sound or to turn it ____ altogether.
This gives users both with and without hearing difficulties more control over their ____ while they are using the sites.
Some users have ____ that limit the movement of their hands.
They rely on their keyboards, rather than a mouse, to ____ websites.
On accessible websites, users can access everything on the site using ____ a keyboard.
This means that links, buttons, and ____, which are spaces where information is entered, can be accessed through keyboard navigation.
Users navigate the websites by making use of keys ____ as the space bar, the arrow keys, the enter key, and the tab key.
For example, they can use the tab key to jump from one part of a web page to ____.
Both users with disabilities and those with temporarily injured hands ____ benefit from this kind of navigation.
Indicators Other than Color That Convey Information
____ blindness is a common visual disability.
People with color blindness find it difficult to ____ some colors apart.
This can cause problems, especially ____ graphs and charts only use colors to show the differences between sets of information.
Accessible websites use other indicators ____ with the colors.
For example, a line in green may ____ be dotted, while a line in blue is solid.
This ensures that ____ can tell the two lines apart.
The accessibility features of websites ____ just help people with disabilities.
They ____ make online experiences easier for everyone, regardless of abilities or situations.
When websites are easy to navigate and understand, we can ____ benefit from a more inclusive online experience.
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