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Learn how to create accessible video, audio, social media posts that conform to the Revised 508 Standards.

• Accessible Game
• Accessible Space

Video

Creating an accessible home doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Below, we’ll highlight some of the basics to help you get started. Welcoming Home Entrances Many homes have stairs leading to their access points. To make them accessible, it’s important to have wheelchair ramps with handrails. Make sure the door width is a minimum of 32 inches. Accessibility in the sense considered here refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible development ensures both 'direct access' (i.e. Unassisted) and 'indirect access' meaning compatibility with a person's assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers).

DigitalGov University Guidance

The following resources were developed by DigitalGov University.

Agency-Developed Guidance

The resources in this section were developed by Federal agencies, and shared here for your convenience.

• Provisional Guidance for Audio Description (AD) - Developed by HHS
• Multimedia File 508 Checklist - Developed by HHS

Other Tips

• Ensure video content includes synchronized captions.
  • Carefully review and edit the accuracy and synchronized timing of the captions, even if captions are provided through automated captioning software.
• Ensure audio descriptions for people with visual disabilities are included in the default sound track, or as a separate selectable sound track.
• If you are providing a multimedia player to view electronic content, make sure the player addresses the software provisions in the standards.
• If you are providing a learning management system tool to help users locate and track usage of the content, make sure that:
  • The system addresses the software requirements; and
  • The electronic content provided through the system meets the electronic document provisions.

Audio

• The Audio Description Project - American Council of the Blind

• Harpers Ferry Center of the National Park Service offers guidance on audio descriptions

Virtual Meetings and Collaboration

Instructions and techniques on how to provide accessibility for virtual collaboration.

• FedRelay - Intermediary telecommunications service for individuals within the federal government who are deaf, hard of hearing, and/or have speech disabilities
• Accessible and Inclusive Telework Practices Using Microsoft Teams - Guidance from HUD
• 5 Tips on Holding Accessible Microsoft Team Meetings - Guidance from HUD

Social Media

Methods, tips, and techniques on how to author and check social media for accessibility.

• Making Social Media More Accessible - DigitalGov University video

Agency-Developed Guidance

The resources in this section were developed by Federal agencies, and shared here for your convenience.

• Accessing Social Media - Recorded training session from the FCC

Related Resources

Reviewed/Updated: April 2020

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latinaccessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō(“approach”)

Pronunciation[edit]

• (US)IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛs.ə.bəl/

  • Audio (UK)

Accessible Game

Adjective[edit]

accessible (comparativemore accessible, superlativemost accessible)

1. Easy of access or approach. [from 1640s]

   Synonym:approachable

   an accessible town or mountain

2. (specifically) Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.

   accessible public transport

3. (of a person) Easy to get along with.

   Synonyms:easy-going, friendly, welcoming

4. (followed by to) Open to the influence of.
   • 1890, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of Herodotus:
5. Obtainable; to be got at.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, :

     The materials , however, which are at present accessible, are sufficient for the construction of a narrative not to be read without shame and loathing

6. (art,literature) Easily understood or appreciated. [from 1961]
   • 2015, Rose Bretécher, Pure, →ISBN

     But something new was rippling through a million MySpace profiles. The sound was electro, and bass-laced synthetic dance pop would soon start streaming in from producers in Paris, dizzying the twenteens of Britain with its accessible, anthemic funk.

7. Capable of being used or seen.

Antonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• “accessible”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latinaccessibilis(“accessible”), from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō(“approach”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Balearic,Central)IPA^(key): /ək.səˈsi.blə/
• (Valencian)IPA^(key): /ak.seˈsi.ble/

Adjective[edit]

accessible (masculine and feminine pluralaccessibles)

1. accessible

   Antonym:inaccessible

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• “accessible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latinaccessibilis(“accessible”), from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō(“approach”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɛ.sibl/, /ak.se.sibl/

• Audio (France, Paris)

• Homophone: accessibles
• Hyphenation: ak‧se‧ssible

Adjective[edit]

accessible (pluralaccessibles)

1. (of a place, information, etc.)accessible, attainable, obtainable, available
2. (of a price)affordable
3. (of a person)approachable

Antonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Accessible Space

• “accessible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).