Lesson 4 Good for All of Us
Opening Up the Web to Everyone
Imagine ____ have fallen down and broken your right arm.
There are some things that ____ be difficult to do with your injured arm.
For example, you might not be able to ____ heavy boxes or ride your bike.
____ about accessing the Internet?
If you are right-handed, using a computer mouse or touchscreen with your left hand would be awkward ____ take a lot of time.
However, ____ is a minor challenge compared to what some of us face on the Internet.
For people with certain disabilities, many ____ can be nearly impossible to use.
____ is the reason why web accessibility is important.
Web accessibility is the practice of making sure that websites can be used by everyone, including people with ____
So what exactly makes ____ website accessible?
Here are some common ____ of accessible websites.
Text Descriptions of Images
Along with text, most websites include other forms of information, ____ as images.
Sometimes such visual information is ____ for understanding the text.
This is a problem ____ users with visual disabilities.
____ they go on a website, they often use programs called “screen readers,” which read online text aloud.
However, ____ programs cannot “read” images.
Accessible websites solve this problem by providing alternative text, also known as ____ text.”
____ text is a brief description of non-textual information.
For instance, if an image shows a group of students, its alt text would ____ how many students are in the image and what they are doing.
Screen readers can detect this alt text and ____ it aloud.
This way, alt text ensures that people with visual disabilities can ____ more of the information on a website.
Transcripts and Captions for Multimedia Content
In some cases, audio content cannot be accessed or ____
Some people may have hearing disabilities, while others might be in places where they can’t listen to audio, ____ as a quiet library.
Therefore, accessible websites often offer other ways to access information ____ is presented in audio form.
For example, they may ____ transcripts or captions that can help users access this information.
Transcripts are text versions of the entire audio content, ____ captions are text versions of the audio that appear in a video as it plays.
Captions include not only the text version of ____ spoken words but also descriptions of the music and other sounds in the video.
Content That Is Easy to See and Hear
____ a visual disability doesn’t necessarily mean a person can’t see at all.
Some people, including many elderly people, simply ____ poor eyesight.
This makes it difficult for them to ____
For this reason, accessible websites have a ____ color that contrasts with the color of their text.
This makes ____ text clear enough for most people to see.
As for audio content, accessible websites ____ users to adjust the volume of background sound or to turn it off altogether.
This gives ____ both with and without hearing difficulties more control over their experience while they are using the sites.
Some users have disabilities that ____ the movement of their hands.
They rely on their keyboards, rather than a mouse, to ____ websites.
On accessible websites, users can access everything on the site ____ only a keyboard.
This means that links, buttons, and fields, which are spaces where information is ____ can be accessed through keyboard navigation.
Users navigate the websites by making use of keys such as the space bar, the arrow ____ the enter key, and the tab key.
For example, they can use the tab key to ____ from one part of a web page to another.
Both users with disabilities and those with ____ injured hands can benefit from this kind of navigation.
Indicators Other than Color That Convey Information
Color blindness ____ a common visual disability.
People with color blindness find it ____ to tell some colors apart.
This can cause problems, especially when graphs ____ charts only use colors to show the differences between sets of information.
Accessible websites use other indicators ____ with the colors.
For example, a line in green may also be dotted, while a line in ____ is solid.
This ____ that everyone can tell the two lines apart.
The accessibility features of websites don’t ____ help people with disabilities.
They can make online ____ easier for everyone, regardless of abilities or situations.
____ websites are easy to navigate and understand, we can all benefit from a more inclusive online experience.
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