ACCESSIBILITY
The University of Alabama is committed to making its web resources accessible to all users. The University of Alabama’s Web Resources Accessibility Policy applies to anyone responsible for creating, dissemination, selecting, or purchasing web resources on behalf of UA (students, faculty, staff, contractors, and volunteers. This includes all people.ua.edu websites. What does that mean for you? If you use good organization methods when constructing your website, chances are the site will be accessible.
- Headings and subheadings – Use the appropriate Heading style when writing content. Watch this short video “How to add Headings” for details.
- Alignment – Use the left, center, or right alignment rather than adding in extra spaces or tabs.
- PDF files uploaded – make sure that all PDFs have been run through the OCR feature in Adobe Acrobat or some other software. The purpose is to make sure the text appears as text and not an image. OCR will scan an image and extract the text.
- Photos – Add Alt text to every photo. Do not embed text in a photo. It is unreadable by screen readers. Add image to post or page.
- Video – Should be captioned. If not captioned, provide a transcript. Contact the Technology Accessibility office for assistance with captions and transcripts.
- Audio – Should have a written transcript.
- Avoid Flash files. They do not translate well with screen readers.