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Opening Portals for All Magical Beings
Opening Portals for All Magical Beings
Guided by the Starlit Path of WCAG
Guided by the Starlit Path of WCAG
In our enchanted realm, we pledge allegiance to the Winged Centaur's Guide to Accessibility (WCAG). It's not just an ancient scroll, but a beacon ensuring that every magical being, be it with wings or without, sees, hears, and feels the wonders of our realm.
Pillars of Enchanted Access: The Sacred Principles of Magical Inclusivity
Pillars of Enchanted Access: The Sacred Principles of Magical Inclusivity
Alt-text Enchantments
Alt-text Enchantments
Every picture is worth a thousand spells, but not every mystical creature perceives in the same way. By weaving alt-text enchantments into our images, we ensure that those who summon the power of screen readers can hear the tales and wonders captured within.
Contrast Concoctions
Contrast Concoctions
Like the dance of moonlight against the velvet night or a phoenix's flame against the dawn, contrast is key. Our designs ensure that texts and backgrounds aren't just visually striking but also legible for all, from elder wizards with weary eyes to young nymphs experiencing their first glimpses of magic.
Elixir of Font Alchemy
Elixir of Font Alchemy
Avoid the allure of overly intricate glyphs and runes. Opt for clear, legible fonts that can be deciphered by beings from all corners of the magical realms. From giants to pixies, everyone should be able to read the tales we weave.
Adaptable Environments
Adaptable Environments
Just as unicorns adapt to forests and glades, ensure your design adjusts gracefully to various devices and screen sizes. From the grand scrolls of desktops to the pocket-sized tomes of mobile devices, our realm remains accessible.
The Actual WCAG
The Actual WCAG
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, commonly known as WCAG, are a set of recommendations designed to make web content more accessible to a broad range of people, including those with disabilities. Developed by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), these guidelines focus on ensuring that digital content is perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. From visual to auditory, cognitive to motor skills, WCAG seeks to create an inclusive web experience for everyone. By adhering to these guidelines, web creators can ensure that their content is not only compliant with regulations but, more importantly, accessible to all users, irrespective of their abilities.
The Levels
The Levels
The WCAG 2.0 (and the newer WCAG 2.1) have three compliance levels: A, AA, and AAA. Each level consists of guidelines that a website must adhere to in order to be considered accessible to all users.
The classification of conformance levels provides developers with a systematic approach to achieving a minimum, acceptable, or optimal level of accessibility. The various WCAG levels also offer greater flexibility, enabling even the most intricate websites or innovative technologies to meet the minimum compliance requirements.
Level A: Minimal Compliance
Level A: Minimal Compliance
Level A requirements include:
No keyboard traps
Navigable with a keyboard
Non-text content alternatives
Video captions
Meaning is not conveyed through shape,size, color etc. alone
Level AA: Acceptable Compliance
Level AA: Acceptable Compliance
Level AA requirements include:
Color contrast is, in most instances, at least 4.5:1
Alt text or a similar solution is used for images that convey meaning
Navigation elements are consistent throughout the site
Form fields have accurate labels
Status updates can be conveyed through a screen reader
Headings are used in logical order
Level AAA: Optimal Compliance
Level AAA: Optimal Compliance
AAA requirements include:
Sign language interpretation for audio or
video content
Color contrast is at least 7:1 in most
instances
Timing is not an essential part of any activity
Context-sensitive help is available
Embarking on the Quest for AA-Level Enchantment: The Magical Considerations
Embarking on the Quest for AA-Level Enchantment: The Magical Considerations
1.4.1 Use of Color:
Color is not used as the only visual means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element. (Level A)
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum):
The visual presentation of text and images of text has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, except for the following: (Level AA)
Large Text: Large-scale text and images of large-scale text have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1;1.4.4 Resize text: Except for captions and images of text, text can be resized without assistive technology up to 200 percent without loss of content or functionality. (Level AA)
1.4.5 Images of Text:
If the technologies being used can achieve the visual presentation, text is used to convey information rather than images of text except for the following: (Level AA). Customizable: The image of text can be visually customized to the user's requirements; Essential: A particular presentation of text is essential to the information being conveyed.
1.4.9 Images of Text (No Exception):
Images of text are only used for pure decoration or where a particular presentation of text is essential to the information being conveyed. (Level AAA).
2.1.1 Keyboard:
All functionality of the content is operable through a keyboard interface without requiring specific timings for individual keystrokes, except where the underlying function requires input that depends on the path of the user's movement and not just the endpoints. (Level A).
2.4.2 Page Titled:
Web pages have titles that describe topic or purpose. (Level A)
3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data):
For Web pages that cause legal commitments or financial transactions for the user to occur, that modify or delete user-controllable data in data storage systems, or that submit user test responses, at least one of the following is true: (Level AA).
3.3.2 Labels or Instructions:
Labels or instructions are provided when content requires user input.(Level A)
2.4.3 Focus Order:
If a Web page can be navigated sequentially and the navigation sequences affect meaning or operation, focusable components receive focus in an order that preserves meaning and operability. (Level A).
2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context):
The purpose of each link can be determined from the link text alone or from the link text together with its programmatically determined link context, except where the purpose of the link would be ambiguous to users in general. (Level A)
3.1.2 Language of Parts:
The human language of each passage or phrase in the content can be programmatically determined except for proper names, technical terms, words of indeterminate language, and words or phrases that have become part of the vernacular of the immediately surrounding text. (Level AA).
3.2.1 On Focus:
When any component receives focus, it does not initiate a change of context. (Level A)
3.2.3 Consistent Navigation:
Navigational mechanisms that are repeated on multiple Web pages within a set of Web pages occur in the same relative order each time they are repeated, unless a change is initiated by the user. (Level AA)
3.2.4 Consistent Identification:
Components that have the same functionality within a set of Web pages are identified consistently. (Level AA).
3.2.5 Change on Request:
Changes of context are initiated only by user request or a mechanism is available to turn off such changes. (Level AAA).
3.3.1 Error Identification:
If an input error is automatically detected, the item that is in error is identified and the error is described to the user in text. (Level A).
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