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ADA Compliance and Your Website

Byte Technology

Because of this, video transcripts, alternative image text, and meta-tagging are even more necessary and should be implemented. Do you accept job applications through your website? ADA Compliance Increases Your Target Audience. There are over 57 million Americans living with disabilities. ADA Compliance Helps Your Notoriety.

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Benetech’s New Image Description Tool Improves Accessibility of Graphical Content for Students with Print Disabilities

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This week, Benetech’s DIAGRAM Center has announced the release of an open source web application for creating and editing crowdsourced image descriptions in books used by students with print disabilities. DIAGRAM stands for Digital Image and Graphics Resources for Accessible Materials.

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3 Visual Design Tips to Strengthen Your Nonprofit Website

Get Fully Funded

For example, users with visual impairments may not be able to see an image of a beneficiary on your homepage, but an alternative text description helps them understand what the given image is and how it relates to the rest of your content. Your site should also offer users enough time to engage with on-page elements.

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Are we building the Candid tools you need? 

Candid

They learn from fundraisers about the complex process of finding a foundation to fund their project, and from program officers and grant managers about vetting a grant applicant. For more complex problems, we create two or more designs and ask users to select the solution that works best or suggest a better alternative.

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An Accessibility & Inclusion Checklist for Virtual Events

Forum One

If images include important information, e.g., registration details, dates, or calls to actions, then ensure that information is also available in text format. Ensure your social media images and text are optimized for accessibility. Is alt-text implemented on images and buttons? Include alternative text for images.

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How to Create a Twitter Moment for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You’ll either have a Moment that looks great in Mobile (vertical images and videos) or a Moment better viewed on a desktop (square and rectangle images in full size). Only crop images that are compatible with mobile. For example, this image is not compatible for cropping. Add location, if applicable.

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5 Web Design Ideas to Boost Your Fundraising Strategy

DipJar

Use engaging images. . You may need help making your entire website compliant with accessibility guidelines, but there are many standards that you can implement yourself, such as: Alternative text and transcripts. Images and videos are great engagement tools that provide variety for visitors interacting with your content.

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