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15 Steps for Web Accessibility

  Steps to make your website accessible   1. Make sure all images, graphs, and other non-text items have a text equivalent. 2.  Provide synchronized captions for all video, as well as captions or a transcript of audio content. 3.  Do not use color as the only way to convey information. 4.  You can use style sheets for layout, but the page must still make sense without them. 5.  When using images as links, for example a drop down menu, make sure each link (as well as the overall image) has alt text describing the destination.  Avoid using server-side image maps.  If you do use server-side image maps, be sure to provide separate identical text links to access the same content. 6.  Label column and row headers in a data table.  Try to avoid using tables for layout purposes, but if you do then do not label headers. 7.  Make sure all cells in the table are associated with the appropriate headers. When the table is set-up correctly, screen readers can navigate through data t