diff --git a/guide/english/accessibility/index.md b/guide/english/accessibility/index.md index 0792bad2e9..5bdb70699a 100644 --- a/guide/english/accessibility/index.md +++ b/guide/english/accessibility/index.md @@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ Web accessibility should also include the people who don't have access to the in A prominent guideline for web development was introduced by the [World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)](https://www.w3.org/), the [Web Accessibility Initiative](https://www.w3.org/WAI/) from which we get the [WAI-ARIA](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Accessibility/WAI-ARIA_basics), the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite. Where WAI tackles the semantics of html to more easily nagivate the DOM Tree, ARIA attempts to make web apps, especially those developed with javascript and AJAX, more accessible. - The use of images and graphics on websites can decrease accessibility for those with visual impairments. However, this doesn't mean designers should avoid using these visual elements. When used correctly, visual elements can convey the appropriate look and feel to users without disabilities. In order to use these elements appropriately, web designers must use alt text to communicate the message of these elements to those who cannot see them. Alt text should be short and to the point--generally [no more than five to 15 words](https://www.thoughtco.com/writing-great-alt-text-3466185). If a graphic is used to convey information that exceeds the limitations of alt text, that information should also exist as web text in order to be read by screen readers. [Learn more about alt text](https://webaim.org/techniques/alttext/). - -Just like alt text is for people who are visually impaired, transcripts of the audio are for the people who cannot listen. Videos should always be captioned. Providing a written document or a transcript of what is being spoken makes this content accessible to people who are Deaf or hard of hearing, with speech-processing disabilities, those using devices without sound capability, and people on slow or data-limited devices that make loading videos cumbersome or impossible. +Just like alt text has the ability to help people that are visually impaired, providing written documents or transcripts of the audio can help people that have hearing disabilities. Videos should always be captioned. Providing a written document or a transcript of what is being spoken makes this content accessible to people who are Deaf or hard of hearing, with speech-processing disabilities, those using devices without sound capability, and people on slow or data-limited devices that make loading videos cumbersome or impossible. Copyright © 2005 World Wide Web Consortium, (MIT, ERCIM, Keio,Beihang). http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2015/doc-license