Accessibility in the web application: It is an idea that the technology must be equally accessible for people with and without disabilities and any barriers to accessing the web are removed.
Who is being helped when making the websites accessible?
People with visual disabilities such as low vision or color blindness, and auditory disabilities such as deafness. Cognitive disabilities can include people with hearing disabilities or those affected by seizures. Physical/Motor disabilities such as repetitive stress injuries, Amputation, and Arthritis. It can also enhance various other experiences like internet connections, and loud/busy environments.
ARIA means Accessible Rich Internet Applications. It is a set of attributes that defines ways to make web content and web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. This specifically comes in HTML 5. This is of great use for those people who are visually impaired or for those people with disabilities who want to use the internet. One way of using is through a screen reader. It speaks out what is there on the webpage. For example, Screen Reader is a free Chrome extension.
Example: Here is an example of a Screen reader of the Chrome extension
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content=
"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
</head>
<body>
<section class="header">
<nav>
<a href="/" class="logo">GeeksforGeeks</a>
<div class="nav-links">
<ul>
<li><a href="/who">who am i</a></li>
<li><a href="/services">services</a></li>
<li><a href="/contact">contact</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
</section>
<main>
<div class="container">
<h1>About us</h1>
<p class="subtext">
We provide a variety of services for you
to learn, thrive and also have fun! Free
Tutorials, Millions of Articles, Live,
Online and Classroom Courses ,Frequent
Coding Competitions, Webinars by Industry
Experts, Internship opportunities and
Job Opportunities.
</p>
<h2>Read more about our services</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<h3>Full stack web development:</h3>
<p>
This course will help you to learn
Full Stack Web Development using:
JavaScript, Webpack, React, Redux,
React-Router, Hooks etc. to build
Front-end and Java, Spring / Spring
Boot, JPA / Hibernate, MySQL, RESTful
APIs, Micro-services & related
technologies to build Back-end.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<h3>Competitive Programming:</h3
<p>
Looking to be a programmer for a top
company or wishing to top the charts
of leading coding competitions, youve
come to the right place! This live
course will improve your problem-
solving skills so you can write
reliable and optimal codes. You will
be mentored by programming experts
and they will give you tips and
tricks on which competitions to
participate in and how to succeed in
them!
</p>
</li>
<li>
<h3>System Design:</h3>
<p>
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has been designed in a manner that
will prepare you for System Design
interviews for companies like Google,
Amazon, Adobe, Uber, etc. Industry
experts having first-hand experience
will be mentoring and guiding you
throughout the duration of the course.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</main>
</body>
</html>
Output:
The screen reader would read the content on the webpage.
