What is digital accessibility?
Digital accessibility is the process of making digital products usable by everyone.
- "Everyone" includes older adults and people who have physical, visual, cognitive, hearing, or other types of disabilities.
- "Digital products" includes websites, documents, emails, videos, social media, presentations, online meetings, webinars, telephones, voting machines... basically anything digital!
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Refreshable Braille display. Credit: Disability:IN
Get started with digital accessibility
- Watch a video introduction A brief video from W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) about the benefits of web accessibility and what standards apply.
- See demos of assistive technologies This TetraLogical video playlist introduces different types of software and how it works.
- Begin testing a website with easy checks A list of simple steps with resources from W3C.
- Explore WebAIM's articles The WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind) site includes many articles on a variety of topics.
Document accessibility
Disclaimer
The information provided by Marin County’s Digital Accessibility Team is intended to increase people’s awareness of digital accessibility. Links are provided because they have information that may be useful. The County of Marin does not warrant the accuracy of any information contained in the links and neither endorses nor intends to promote the advertising of the resources listed herein. The County of Marin is not responsible for any kind of loss or damage arising from your use of the links or information provided herein.