What Publishers Need to Know About Web Accessibility

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Amber Hines from Equalize Digital has spent years helping publishers to make their websites more accessible and user-friendly for everyone, including those with disabilities.

I ask Amber questions I’ve heard from publishers. For example, is it helpful to have an audio version of my articles? Should we offer a text-only version of the site? Can we trust automated tests for accessibility?

More about Amber: https://equalizedigital.com/

Check our Amber’s plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/accessibility-checker/

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