In an article discussing the myths about low vision, Wayne Dick, Professor of Computer Science at California State University, argues that advocacy groups, governments, institutions and even the W3C WCAG Working Group focus on the accommodations necessary for people who are blind to the exclusion of the needs of people with vision impairment.
By captioning your YouTube video, Google can index not only the title, description and tags of your YouTube video, but also the video content. This increases your search ranking, and the likelihood that your video will appear higher in Google and YouTube search results. This also results in more relevant ads in YouTube videos.
According to Estonian Television, the inaccessibility of most governmental websites is caused by inaccurate coding practice. Although the minister has advised that all webpages be made accessible, there are no legal regulations enforcing this.
Website owners are claiming their webpages have been developed in accordance with web accessibility standards, however most of the content is inaccessible to people who are blind or vision impaired.
‘Communicating data with Colour’ is an aid for graphic designers, cartographers and others who are required to use colour to convey visual information in an accessible way.
Colour blindness affects 8% of men (1 in 12) and up to 1% of women. Colour accessibility ensures that visual information is legible for people with colour blindness.
