https://www.rostrum.blog/tags/alt-text/ Recent content in Alt Text on rostrum.blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Sun, 08 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.rostrum.blog/2019/12/08/altcheckr/ Sun, 08 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.rostrum.blog/2019/12/08/altcheckr/ tl;dr I’ve made a small R package called {altcheckr} that checks the accessibility of images on web pages. It has functions that (1) scrape attributes from HTML elements on a web page and (2) apply simple rules to indicate the suitability of the alt text provided. To use: remotes::install_github("matt-dray/altcheckr") images <- alt_get("https://www.bbc.co.uk/news") alt_check(images) I’m not an expert and the package has not been user tested. Accessibility A web site is accessible if everyone can engage with its content. https://www.rostrum.blog/2018/07/12/accessible-accessibility/ Thu, 12 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.rostrum.blog/2018/07/12/accessible-accessibility/ The accessibility empathy lab at the Government Digital Services building Digital accessibility I wrote about an accessibility workshop at the recent Sprint 18 conference. I’ve since been to a more in-depth workshop with Government Digital Service (GDS), who have just launched the latest version of their ‘testing for accessibility’ guidance in the Service Manual and also the GOV.UK Design System, which contains reusable GOV.UK styles, patterns and components with accessibility in mind.