December 2013 Newsletter
Feature
New WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey
6 years after the original, WebAIM has just released the 5th in our series of Screen Reader User Surveys. The survey will be open for responses through December 15th.
News
WebAIM Web Accessibility Training
WebAIM's January 14-15 web accessibility training in Logan, Utah is full, but we are currently accepting registrations for our May 6-7 training.
Resources
Annual Disability Statistics Compendium
This great resource provides disability prevalence and other useful disability statistics for the United States.
Using ARIA to Enhance SVG
TPG's Léonie Watson outlines how Scalable Vector Graphics can be made more accessible using ARIA.
Web Accessibility: Skip Navigation Links
This article provides practical implementation advice for "skip" links.
Five Fundamentals of Accessible Responsive Web Design
Excellent exploration of the intersection of web accessibility and responsive web design.
Quick Tip: Scaling Images
Users with low vision often use a screen enlarger to increase the size of elements in a web page. Images can become pixelated or blocky when they are enlarged. Text within images can become particularly difficult to read. When you can get the same visual presentation using real text, you should use it instead of text within images. When images that contain text are used, ensure that the text remains readable when the image is at least doubled in size. Using sans-serif fonts and adequate contrast makes enlarged text in images more readable.
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