Web Copy Is A11y Copy: The Mechanics and Content of Inclusion

The foundation of accessibility is acknowledgement, inclusion, and respect. We won’t slack on making our content accessible when we respect the experience of all people. Good UX web writing is, by definition, writing that promotes a good user experience, and therefore, promotes a good screen reader experience.

You will learn

• To recognize copy that makes webpage navigation difficult for screen reader users
• To identify content that can be hard for screen reader users to understand
• How to adjust your copy to make your content more intelligible
• When to use or omit alt text
• Tips on writing alt text for webpage elements
• Best practices for describing the location of webpage elements
• How to write copy that supports screen reader skimming
• Common practices that make a screen reader experience annoying, and what to do instead