Digital accessibility is crucial for creating a truly inclusive world for everyone.  

In the last two years, more people including those with disabilities rely on digital products for day-to day activities, such as work, shopping, banking, and healthcare.  

With 20% of the Australian population living with a disability, not everyone can access those services because of inadequate design. That is why digital accessibility is more important than ever for any organisation that provides digital products and services.  

What is the difference between Digital Accessibility and Web Accessibility?  

Digital accessibility

Digital accessibility is the process of making digital products, such as websites, mobile apps, and other online tools, accessible to everyone, regardless of the ability or disability. It is all about ensuring that all users can access the same information regardless of the impairments that they may have, whether it be hearing, movement, sight, and cognitive ability.  

Web accessibility

Web accessibility refers to the principle that websites and the technologies associated with them should be equally accessible to everyone. The web is fundamentally designed to work for all people, whatever their hardware, software, language, location, or ability.  

Here are a few simple tips for making your website and content more accessible: 

• Use headings correctly to organise the structure of your content – this will make your content much easier to understand for screen readers and similar devices. 
• Create content with accessibility in mind – writing out acronyms, or giving your links unique descriptive names and anchor text 
• Make sure your site is keyboard friendly – meaning, it is possible to use all your site via a keyboard.  
• Add Alt text to all images – describe what is in the image 

• Choose your colours carefully – you need to make sure the colours you select on your site contrast well to ensure that everyone can distinguish between various elements on the page. 
• Avoid using tables for anything except tabular data. If tables are used for layouts or lists, this can be confusing to screen readers and similar devices.  

Creating an inclusive work environment that makes every employee feel valued and respected is important. Making sure your site and content is welcoming to as many people as possible should be a top priority.  

Evidence shows that diversity and inclusion in the workforce are key to improving productivity and innovative thinking. That is why at Huddler, we are always finding ways to help organisations make their workplace more inclusive.  

We recently introduced a Translation feature, available in Huddler. Users can now translate content pages into several different languages, including Chinese and Vietnamese.  

To find out more about this feature, or how to make your workplace more accessible, contact the Huddler team.