Key takeaways
Key takeaways
- Include captions and transcripts for all media to make content understandable for everyone.
- Provide ALT text for images听to allow all users to access and find visual content.
- Avoid text in images or add exact text alternatives to not exclude anyone.听
- Add long descriptions to complex visuals听to help all visitors understand detailed content.
- Use structured tags in documents听to making files easy to navigate with screen readers.
Ensuring accessibility across all formats
Video and audio
An accessible video includes title, captions and a transcript. These elements are mandatory.
An audio file includes a title and a transcript, and both are delivered on our accessible media player.
Pictures
If an image is essential for understanding the webpage's content, provide a text alternative ("alt text") to describe it.
This helps people with vision impairments using screen readers and also improves search ranking.
Images with text
If possible, don't use images where the text is part of the image. This can make it difficult for people with vision impairments to understand.听
If you cannot avoid images of text, it's best to provide an exact text alternative.
Infographics
Complex infographics and charts require a more detailed description than is possible in the alt text.
Providing a long description directly on the webpage is a good way to do this.
Documents like PDF
Accessibility starts with the structure of your Office document before converting it to a PDF.
Use tags to add structural information, helping impaired users navigate the content. For example, mark headings to assist blind users using screen readers.
