{"id":5447,"date":"2023-08-31T11:23:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T11:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accessbydesign.uk\/?p=5447"},"modified":"2024-11-08T13:11:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T13:11:16","slug":"the-web-content-accessibility-guidelines-otherwise-known-as-wcag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accessbydesign.uk\/abd\/the-web-content-accessibility-guidelines-otherwise-known-as-wcag\/","title":{"rendered":"The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, otherwise known as WCAG"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What are the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines?<\/h2>\n<p>This is perhaps the most common starting point when you first come across this thing called Website Accessibility. These guidelines, when followed, will help ensure your website is more accessible for disabled people.<\/p>\n<p>There seem to be two favoured ways of pronouncing WCAG.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;The acronym \u201cw cag\u201d where the sound of the w is used, rather than spelling the letter<\/p>\n<p>The abbreviation \u201cw c a g\u201d, is where each letter is spelt out separately.<\/p>\n<p>This phrase is, of course, used rather a lot when people are engaged in conversations about website accessibility. I always use the abbreviation but that is just my personal preference.<\/p>\n<h2>What about screen readers?<\/h2>\n<p>Anyway, it got me thinking about screen readers and how they might pronounce it. I then made a very short video using NVDA.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"WCAG pronounced by NVDA Screen Reader\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gc2g5Qw_xXs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you have watched or heard it, you will see or hear that the abbreviation is the one that is most difficult to hear. Putting a space between W and CAG ensures that it is spelt out correctly.<\/p>\n<p>I realise that those who use screen readers would perhaps spell out each letter if they were unsure of what the word was and, after a while, get used to hearing it anyway but it is an interesting thought. Should language evolve to become more inclusive or should screen readers spell out abbreviations by default?<\/p>\n<h2>Would you like to find out more?<\/h2>\n<p>If you would like to find out more about website accessibility, please follow these links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.ted.com\/cliveloseby\">Watch my TED Talk<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/accessibilityaudit.co.uk\">Find out more about web audits<\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/cliveloseby\/accessibility-audit-free-initial-consultation\">Discuss having an web audit of your website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/cliveloseby\/client-website-accessibility-consultation\">Have a 1-hour consultation on any aspect of website accessibility&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clive Loseby<br \/>\nAccess by Design<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful, WCAG Compliant, Accessible Website Design<br \/>\nDelivering an Outstanding web audit<br \/>\nAward-winning Web Design, Chichester<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines? 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