In his article Writing for Accessibility, Joe Dolson explains that accessible copy is more than making non-textual elements available, it’s also about the main content! He continues to explain how tone and puncuation are very sensitive and important issues when writing for accessibility. Joe suggests:
- Keep your sentences on the short side
- Avoid excessive parenthetical statements
- Avoid excessive subclauses
- Read the sentence without giving any particular emphasis to the terms and see how easy it is to understand the statement
Related links:
- Screen Readers lack emphasis
- Designing for Screen Reader Compatibility
- Fangs, the screen reader emulator
2 replies on “Writing for Accessibility Article”
Thanks for noticing this, Dennis!
I’ve noticed too how short, concise, and direct to the point sentences often gets the point across better than sentences with long explanations. Readers often lose the trail of thought in long sentences.