Following on from my article accessibility for project managers for Spotless Interactive the next in the series looks at accessibility for information architects. These form just two articles in a series that I’m writing in the coming months. Next up: accessibility for designers.
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This is a great article:
http://www.spotlessinteractive.com/articles/accessibility/accessibility-for-information-architects.php
However, there seems not to be any mention about accessibility for people with hearing loss – i.e. providing captions/transcripts for videos/podcasts. I’ve came across a lot of websites by UX and IA specialists that have videos and podcasts that are not captioned which is very ironic.
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Hi Sveta – if using audio and video on a site this should absolutely be covered. I’m thinking that maybe an artical dedicated to this topic might be a good idea. I could cover providing captions/transcripts for videos/podcasts from a project management rather than technical perspective.
I’ll get my thinking cap on!
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That would be great – thanks! :0)
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