Accessibility Easy Checks with Sharron Rush
Posted on March 20, 2014
by Whitney Quesenbery
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If you’ve just been put in charge of making a site or app works for everyone, the most daunting step might just be the first one. Sure, there are standards, but sometimes they raise more questions than they answer.
What you need is an easy way to get started. And Easy Checks may be just what you need.
http://asset.uie.com/BSAL/APFE002_Rush.mp3
Transcript available. Download file (mp3). Duration: 22:38 (11.4MB)Sharron Rush heads the Easy Checks project at the Web Accessibility Initiative. These simple steps help you get an idea of whether a site meets some of the basics for good accessibility, without any special technology or tools. She joins Whitney Quesenbery for this episode of A Podcast for Everyone to answer some of these questions.
- What are the Easy Checks, and why are they needed?
- Can anyone use the Easy Checks? Is there special equipment needed?
- What’s the best way for a project team to get started with accessibility?
- How do usability and accessibility fit together [...]