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Making the Web Accessible with FOSS: A Guide to Web Accessibility using Lighthouse

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Session Description

FOSS is about making software accessible to everyone. At the first meeting of the FOSS United Kolkata Chapter, I would like to discuss web accessibility to make the web accessible to all using Lighthouse, a FOSS Tool.

In this talk I would like to cover:

1. Introduction to Web Accessibility

2. Four principle of WCAG and WCAG2.2(current)

3. Type of Accessibility barriers: Visual, Auditory, motor and cognitive impairments

4. Type Assistive Technologies: Screen Readers, Speech Recognition Software Screen Magnifiers, Alternative Input Device.

5. Accessibility Measures using Lighthouse: A quick guide of how to use Lighthouse for accessibility audits, how it helps to identify and fix accessibility issues.

6. Explain best practices for accessibility: Text and Color Contrast, Alternative Text for Images, Radio Buttons, Labels, Link, Semantic HTML, ARIA.

6. Conclusion

References

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/accessibility/scoring

Session Categories

FOSS

Speakers

Sulagna Ghosh Software Engineer | StockEdge

Hi, I’m Sulagna, a Javascript lover, open source enthusiast. I am a Software Engineer at Stockedge, where I’ve built and led multiple applications.My passion for open-source earned me 3rd place in the GirlScript Summer of Code 2023. I'm constantly exploring new technologies and sharing my learning with the developer community on LinkedIn