Accessibility Practices in Answers

1 Instructions
- 1.1 Section 1.1: Text Attributes
  - 1.1.1 Bold Text Example
  - 1.1.2 Capitalized Text Example
  - 1.1.3 Italicized Text Example
  - 1.1.4 Underlined Text Example
- 1.2 Section 1.2: NVDA Settings for Text Attributes
- 1.3 Section 1.3: Color contrast
- 1.4 Section 1.4: Creating a Link
- 1.5 Section 1.5: Alternative Text (Alt Text)
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Instructions

Section 1.1: Text Attributes

Answers provides you with only one font to use. The font is accessible to use for your articles, however, you should be aware of the rules for using special attributes. Special attributes like using bold, italic, strikethrough, and underlined text should be avoided. Screen readers can read these attributes, but only if certain settings in the screen reader are adjusted. Not many people make these changes, so a screen reader may not be able to inform the reader that a text attribute is being used. This means that normal text and text with an attribute will sound the same. In short, do not use text attributes unless there is a special circumstance.

Bold Text Example

The students listed in bold made the baseball team.

John McCune
Chris Taverna
Justin Rose
Dan LaGrow

This example shows two people’s names bolded. The screen reader will read all of the names, but will not help the reader know who made the team.

The students listed in bold made the baseball team.

John McCune (callback)
Chris Taverna
Justin Rose (callback)
Dan LaGrow