Front End developer

Media Developer Expert @ Cloudinary

Technical Writer with Scotch.io, LogRocket, Telerik 

Accessibility Nuisance

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See  -> Use -> Understand

Accessibility is for everyone not just people with disabilities.

It refers to user experience

UI != UX

Writing more Semantic JSX

React Fragments :)

ARIA: For The Win

Things ARIA can't do.

⋆Modify accessibility tree

⋆Add semantics to an element when no semantics exists

⋆Modify semantics ( adding role of switch to a button to set state)

Things ARIA can do.

⋆Express MORE UI patterns

⋆Provide extra labels and descriptions (aria-label )

⋆Can provide extended semantic relationship elements

⋆Works with assistive technology (role alert )

React Ref

Elements of media Accessibility

• Color Usage – How we combine colors

• Text – Text and background

• Design elements in the platforms

Photophobia Light sensibility

Solution – Dark mode (Night-shift mode )

Using CSS filter and Invert ()

Contrast sensitivity

Solution – Implement contrasting color background with text

Deuteranopia ( Red and Green color blindness )

Solution - Add patterns to Images or use descriptive text.

Achromatopsia ( The don’t see color )

Solution – Add tags so they can  see what color the iteams are

#A11Y CHALLENGE

TRY OUT MEDIA ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES HERE