Accessibility Guides
Our Accessibility Guides contain focused guidance on specific types of digital content. They provide you best practices, checklists, and resources. Select a topic below to get started.
| Accessibility Guide Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Digital Accessibility Essentials | Learn the principles of digital accessibility and how to apply them to all types of digital content. |
| Color Contrast | Ensure text and visual elements are easy to perceive by meeting color contrast requirements. |
| DocuSign | Create and send electronic documents that are accessible to all users. |
| Emails | Write emails that are clear, readable, and accessible across devices and assistive technologies. |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Design presentations that are accessible, inclusive, and easy to navigate. |
| Microsoft Word | Create accessible documents using proper structure, formatting, links, and alternative text. |
| Music Notation | Make sheet music and music-related materials more accessible for musicians with disabilities. |
| PDFs | Build, export, and remediate PDFs to ensure they are accessible. |
| Social Media | Share accessible content using best practices for images, hashtags, emojis, and more. |
| Videos | Improve video accessibility through captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions. |
| Webpages | Create accessible, WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformant web content that supports users with a wide range of abilities and technologies. |
Archived Web Content
Web content that meets all four of the following points are not required to need to meet WCAG 2.1, Level AA:
- The content was created before the date the state or local government must comply with this rule, or reproduces paper documents or the contents of other physical media (audiotapes, film negatives, and CD-ROMs for example) that were created before the government must comply with this rule, AND
- The content is kept only for reference, research, or recordkeeping, AND
- The content is kept in a special area for archived content, AND
- The content has not been changed since it was archived.