Time Well Spent
It takes time to make sure all images and image maps have meaningful text alternatives. It takes time to perform accessibility testing and respond to the results. It takes time to program your authoring tools to prompt for accessibility. But just as the removal of physical access barriers—by such means as curbcuts, ramps, and automatic door openers—makes physical space easier for everyone to navigate, so it is with electronic curbcuts. As sites are made more accessible, usability is improved for all users. Among the findings of usability studies are the following facts [Donahue et al. 1999].
Each dollar spent on usability returns $10-100 in product benefit.
It can cost as much as 100 times less to fix usability problems before ...
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