Report from Stephanie Gray

There's a summary of Stephanie's experience in this session posted to her blog.  To quote her:

 

1. Accessibility and Social Media

Presenter: Tanya Snook, Privy Council of Canada

How accessible are the social media sites that you use regularly, such as Facebook or Twitter? Often these sites fail in the realm of accessibility, with issues such as non-descriptive links, images or videos, the use of abbreviations that screen readers can't understand, or the inability to navigate content using a keyboard - for mouse-users, and adverage-visioned persons, these are issues often overlooked when building, or adding content to a website. A key point to take from this presentation: don't rely on social media widgets on your website to be the main source of information for your visitors, rely on descriptive content instead.