Web Accessibility: 51��, Greater Cincinnati Region

Register for Web Accessibility Training

All current and future web editors are required to complete our new accessibility training courses. If you have not attended a training, you can register using the link below.

If you're new to the web-editing process, don't worry. There are plenty of resources and strategies you can employ to ensure you're editing efficiently while maintaining your site. Here are five tips to enhance your skills.

Since the start of COVID-19, more people have gone virtual. Digital accessibility is more important than ever. Litigation rates on accessibility issues increased 23 percent in 2020. Learn more about this critical issue and resources to prevent lawsuits at 51��.

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Who is responsible for ensuring web content is accessible?

Learn the various duties related to accessible web content each major group (Content Owners / Web Editors, Marketing & Communication, and IT) is responsible for.

Web Accessibility Responsibilities

Resources

Other aspects of web accessibility can be found on the following pages:

Our Web Accessibility Content Creator Guide is a quick reference to help keep your sites accessible.

Content Creator Guide

In-Depth Content Creator Guide

Contrast Checker for Text and Icons

WCAG 2.0 level AA requires a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. This means that light text can not be used on a white background.

Large text is defined as 14 point (typically 18.66px) and bold or larger, or 18 point (typically 24px) or larger.

WebAIM, a web accessibility solutions company, has a free online contrast checker. Simply set the foreground and background colors, and the checker will automatically provide a pass/fail grade.

Adding Captions to Videos

Always caption and/or transcribe prerecorded video to the highest quality possible. Automated programs typically do not punctuate and articulate what is spoken with 100% accuracy. Most often, the computer generated captions will require edits. We ask that you pay close attention to the following:

Accuracy - Correctly identify who is speaking; match the dialogue verbatim; convey background sounds to the fullest extent with the captions remaining on screen long enough to be read in full.
Readability - Utilize proper spelling, punctuation, grammar and use of capitals in proper nouns and specialized terms.
Placement - Captions must be positioned so as not to block other visual content; no overlap, or run-off. In general, captions are often best suited to run along the bottom of the video.

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