Free Tools For Accessible Writing
While I am not an expert, I learned a lot about accessible writing while redesigning my website. Here are the four free tools I used.
In late August, I sat down and wrote five issues of This Week In Writing for The Writing Cooperative. Everything sending through the rest of September is already scheduled and ready to go. One of those issues, the one sending Tuesday morning, is all about accessible writing.
Angela Phan wrote a fantastic article about how to write for accessibility. She shares a few ways writers can ensure their content is written so those with visual impairments can also enjoy the content. While next week’s issue of This Week In Writing invites a greater discussion on accessible writing, today, I want to share what I’ve done since reading Angela’s article. Namely, I redesigned my entire website.
Several years ago, while working on a printed newsletter, a coworker told me not to use red paper because older eyes couldn’t read text on it. Truth be told, reading printed text on red paper is difficult at any age. Still, the idea of color contrast was always part of my consideration when building a website or presenting my writing visually. However, I didn’t realize there’s an international standard color ratio to aim for.
