The Basics of Accessibility for Web Designers with Rafi Glantz of AccessiBe

Ep. 213 - Is it just me or does it seem like website accessibility is an endless storm of conflicting facts and opinions?

It’s tough to figure out exactly what makes a website accessible, what the basics are and what you can do to make website accessibility an advanced feature that you can add to your suite of services.

So for the next couple of podcast episodes, we’re going to take a deep dive into accessibility to help you with just that.

And better yet, we’re going to hear from a couple folks who, while they share the same principles of “basic” accessibility, have different opinions on the advanced measures to help you decide what course of action YOU feel is best for your clients to help make their site accessible.

In this episode, Refael Glantz of accessiBe.com joins the show to share what their company has learned in helping make websites accessible from the basics.

Enjoy and if you’re interested in giving accessiBe a try, you can use my link at JOSHHALL.co/accessibe

In This Episode

00:00 - Introduction
02:49 - Greeting to Rafi
06:32 - A personable opportunity
08:31 - Building accessiBe
10:28 - What is accessibility
11:56 - Adapting Alt text
13:00 - The SSL of today
15:41 - Disability mindset shift
18:13 - Legal repercussions
22:25 - Tiers of accessibility
26:03 - How it works
32:05 - An option for DIYers
34:00 - Best practices
35:19 - Reporting options
37:12 - Passion from the heart
38:43 - Extra abilities
42:21 - Deep level of accessibility
45:04 - Know the need
50:32 - What’s step one
55:38 - Hockey talk

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https://joshhall.co/213

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