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3. Digital media

The digital media topics in the RGD Accessibility PDFOpens in a new window include the following:

  • Digital Accessibility
  • Semantic structure
  • Non-text content
  • Principles of web accessibility
  • Practice of web accessibility
  • Testing for web accessibility
  • Office documents
  • Accessible PDFs

Let’s explore these in more detail.

Digital Accessibility

This section provides detail on a variety of assistive technologies and input devices.

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Suggested approach

See pages 34-35 of the RGD Accessibility PDFOpens in a new window.

Semantic structure

This section covers objectives related to:

  • Purpose of each page element
  • Reading order of the content
  • The hierarchical structure of the content
  • The content itself
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Suggested approach

See pages 36-37 of the RGD Accessibility PDFOpens in a new window.

Non-text content

This section of the RGC Accessibility PDF focuses on the following:

  • Writing effective alt text (also described in our Content and Code sections)
  • Time-based media
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Suggested approach

See pages 37-40 of the RGD Accessibility PDFOpens in a new window.

Principles of web accessibility

This section introduces the four principles of accessibility:

  • Perceivable
  • Operable
  • Understandable
  • Robust
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Suggested approach

See pages 41-42 of the RGD Accessibility PDFOpens in a new window.

Practice of web accessibility

Topics include the following, and there is additional detail in the Code section of this guide.

  • Semantic structure
  • Navigation
  • Input mechanisms
  • Interactions
  • Forms
  • Timed elements
  • Visual presentation
  • And more
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Suggested approach

See pages 43-55 of the RGD Accessibility PDFOpens in a new window.

Testing for web accessibility

Topics here include:

  • Testing across a diverse range of disabilities
  • Manual testing
  • Software-based or automated testing
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Suggested approach

See pages 56-59 of the RGD Accessibility PDFOpens in a new window.

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Suggested additional resources

Additionally, detail on ensuring representation from across diverse employee groups when testing can be found in the Market and user research considerations section of this guide, with specific detail in the Recruiting and participants section.

Office documents

Considerations in this section apply to spreadsheets and word processor documents.

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Suggested approach

See pages 60-61 of the RGD Accessibility PDFOpens in a new window.

Accessible PDFs

Covered across these pages are considerations related to:

  • Fonts
  • Reading order
  • Settings
  • Tab order
  • And more
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Suggested approach

See pages 62-66 of the RGD Accessibility PDFOpens in a new window.

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Accessible PDF support resource

For additional support with accessible PDFs, we recommend connecting with AbleDocsOpens in a new window.