The Path to Accessible Content

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Lightning talk given at Confab Central 2014. Figure out ways to explain accessibility work to your leadership or executive team in terms they'll understand. The slides don't make much sense without the talk - there's a full text transcript at http://webmeadow.com/blog/archives/201405/path-accessible-content . If you want to learn more about the business arguments for a11y, check out Karl Groves' amazing series on the topic at http://www.karlgroves.com/2011/09/22/chasing-the-accessibility-business-case-part-2/ .

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Accessible Content

The path~to~

Eileen Webb @webmeadow

All the contents

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<h2 id="label_1">Foods</h2> <ul id="tree1" class="tree" role="tree" aria-labelledby="label_1"> <li id="fruits" role="treeitem" tabindex="0" aria-expanded="true">Fruits <ul role="group"> <li id="oranges" role="treeitem" tabindex="-1">Oranges</li> <li id="pinapples" role="treeitem" tabindex="-1">Pineapples</li> <li id="apples" role="treeitem" tabindex="-1" aria-expanded="false">Apples <ul role="group"> <li id="macintosh" role="treeitem" tabindex="-1">Macintosh</li> <li id="granny_smith" role="treeitem" tabindex="-1" aria-expanded="false">Granny Smith <ul role="group"> <li id="Washington" role="treeitem" tabindex="-1">Washington State</li> <li id="Michigan" role="treeitem" tabindex="-1">Michigan</li> <li id="New_York" role="treeitem" tabindex="-1">New York</li> </ul> </li> <li id="fuji" role="treeitem" tabindex="-1">Fuji</li> </ul> </li> <li id="bananas" role="treeitem" tabindex="-1">Bananas</li> <li id="pears" role="treeitem" tabindex="-1">Pears</li> </ul> </li> <li id="vegetables" role="treeitem" tabindex="-1" aria-expanded="true">Vegetables

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Take this! —

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You're the Besten.wikipedia.org/wiki/You're_the_Best Wikipedia "You're the Best" is a song performed by Joe Esposito and written by Bill Conti and Allee Willis, which came to prominence as the music to the in the movie The Karate Kid

You're the Best

Take us to the T OP!

You're The Best Lyrics | MetroLyrics www.metrolyrics.com/youre-the-best-lyrics-joe-bean-esposit... Lyrics to 'You're The Best' by Soundtrack Artists. Try to be best / 'cause you're only a man / and a man's gotta' learn to take it / try to believe / when the.

You're The Best Lyrics | MetroLyrics

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a11y: because we are decent human beings

adding a11y to a puzzle

Yes, and!