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Re: Accessibility Tools for Website Visitors

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From: wolfgang.berndorfer
Date: Oct 30, 2021 9:37AM

My three thoughts:

1. Priority for Conformance with WCAG AA
Too often I find such features on sites that lack accessibility basics.
Marking up a change of contrast or font styling as LINK and not button e.g., is a violation of SC 4.1.2.

2. Positioning Accessibility Features
If a website provides A11Y features, they should be visually and technically (focus order) on top.
It's very frustrating, when you realize somewhere in between or behind that you could have gotten it easier.

3. Nesting Icon
If the A11Y features are available by a button for a popup:
There is no standard for the icon image, but it seems that the person with spreading arms and legs gets common.
Optimally the icon is associated with a visual text like ‘Accessibility'.

Wolfgang