Understandable content
Lesson 6 of 8 · Video · about 2 minutes
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Transcript
Source: W3C WAI, https://www.w3.org/WAI/perspective-videos/understandable/
Visual: Web Accessibility Perspectives: Understandable Content
Audio: Instead of saying: "To postulate a conceit more irksome than being addressed in sesquipedalian syntax is adamantine", it is better to say: "Being spoken to in unnecessarily long and complicated language is a pain".
Visual: Two people are trying to follow instructions on a cooking website using lots of text with no illustrations or structure.
Audio: Yet many websites lack structuring using headings, lists and separation. Or they use overly complex language, jargon, and unexplained acronyms.
Visual: They are looking up words in a dictionary to understand the recipe.
Audio: It makes them difficult and unappealing to use for many people, including non-native speakers, and makes them unusable for people with cognitive and learning disabilities.
Visual: They are confused and frustrated by the website.
Audio: Web accessibility: Essential for some, useful for all.
Visual: They search and find a different cooking website with more structured text and illustrations.
Visual: Visit w3.org/WAI/perspectives for more information on Understandable Content
End of transcript.
Clear, simple content helps everyone, especially people with cognitive disabilities and people reading in a second language.
Video: “Understandable Content”, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). Source page with transcript. Audio-described version.