Accessible web content is designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use it, including perceiving, understanding, navigating, and interacting with it¹. This may include users using screen readers or navigating websites with the use of a keyboard rather than a mouse.
The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) offers an introduction to some of the web accessibility requirements for web content and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards.
Journals publishing with the Tufts Libraries open journal publishing service should ensure that their journal homepage and articles are accessible. Two key ways you can do this are to:
See the Accessibility resources box for more details.
¹ Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), Introduction to Web Accessibility
An OJS theme controls the look and feel of your journal. You can choose from several OJS themes when you set up your journal.
The Default OJS theme is already accessible. If you select a different theme, we can work with you to identify opportunities to improve accessibility.
Start by creating an accessible article template in whatever program you're using to typeset your articles (note that the guides here link to resources created at other universities):
Then turn your document into an accessible pdf:
After you've created your pdf, check to make sure it is accessible: