Best Practices
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Alternative Text
Images need alternate text to be accessible to screen readers.
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Auto-play, flashing, blinking or changing content
How to handle autoplaying video or other animated content.
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Color
Proper use of color and color contrast.
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Headings & Page Structure
Proper use of heading and other page structures like lists improves accessibility.
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Images with Text
Why using images with embedded text are not recommended.
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Links
Creating useful descriptive link text.