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Here's how to get the best accessibility review

You've built your website but you're not sure if its meets WCAG conformance? This is where a review can help you understand if your website is accessible and if not what you can do.

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Not another checklist!

A testing methodology which explains the what and how of manual accessibility testing.

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Stopping the bots with Javascript

CAPTCHA is a convenient go to technique for stopping spam, but it's also inaccessible. Using Javascript and replacing submit buttons can be an effective alternative which maintains your sites accessibility.

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Add Labels to Controls

Correctly labeling controls makes it much easier for a screen reader user to understand the type of data a control requires.

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What's new in the WCAG 2.2 working draft

The Web Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 working draft has been released with several new accessibiltiy techniques.

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Using Azure to help users with lower levels of literacy

Immersive reader is a Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services tool to help a user's ability to understand content on a page.

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Avoid an Artificial Tabindex

The tabindex attribute has the power to really ruin the logical tab order of any web page when used incorrectly.

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Create Logical Headings

Unless a heading structure has been coded correctly a page hierarchy can become unclear to non-sighted users.

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Decorative and Descriptive Images

ALT attributes are a way to describe descriptive images and a way to make a screen reader ignore decorative images.

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Grouping Controls

Grouping related controls together can help a user understand relationships more clearly between components.

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