Producing accessible products will help ensure that your company meets certain national and international standards and guidelines. Considering the requirements of a person with a disability often results in a product that benefits everyone. Suppose you are traveling in a taxi and want to access a Web page over the telephone. Accessible Web sites will make it possible for software technologies to be more effective. For example, search engines can locate and catalog information presented in images by using the alternative text associated with the image, and multimedia players can search and index multimedia content using the captioned text associated with video tracks.
Accessibility often makes Web sites more user friendly.
For example, a Web site that complies with the accessibility checklist has a more consistent user interface and is easier to learn. The site will also transform gracefully, so it can be used by earlier versions of browsers. This self-check is for you to check your understanding of the information you just read. It is not tracked, monitored, or graded. To check the answer to a question, click the Check Answers button, which displays the answers to all the questions asked in the lesson.