User Stories: Accessibility

Story 1: As a screen reader user, I want to hear the text equivalent messages conveyed by all images so that I have all the same information as non-screen reader users.

Estimated Size:

Luke:Small MO: Medium KW-Medium

Priority: KW-Must

Acceptance Criteria:

• Alt tags are used for all images, with short, simple descriptions that are not redundant to text that appears on the page.
• Alt tags are left blank (example: alt="") if proper image context is written within the page near the image

Guide to help us do this is at http://webaim.org/techniques/alttext/

Story 2: As a user with low vision, I want to be able to see reasonably sized font and have the option to make the font larger so I can read it more easily.

Estimated Size:

Luke: Medium MO: Medium KW-Medium

Priority: KW-Must

Acceptance Criteria:

• Font is placed in easy to read font sizes and styles.
• Font is not layered into images that are not resizable.
• Users are able to use browser function on desktop and mobile to adjust font size.

Story 3: As a user who cannot see colors, I want to be able to determine all links so that I am able to navigate the site.

Estimated Size:

Luke: Small MO: Small KW-Small

Priority: KW-Must

Acceptance Criteria: To meet WCAG 2.0 AA rating we must use the following color guidelines:

• A 4.5:1 contrast between the non-link text color and the background.
• A 4.5:1 contrast between the link text color and the background.
• A 3:1 contrast between the link text color and the surrounding non-link text color.

Guide to help do this is at: http://webaim.org/blog/wcag-2-0-and-link-colors/

Story 4: As a hearing-impaired user, I want access to a transcript of any spoken audio so that I don't miss any information.

Estimated Size:

Luke: Large MO: Large KW-Large

Priority: KW-Could

Acceptance Criteria:

• Provide a link to a transcript of all spoken audio near the audio source
• Provide embedded captions to any spoken audio in any video or presentation