5 Ways to Simply Add Media Accessibility (m16y) to your Jamstack app

Tessa Mero &
9:10 min
Jan 29, 2021

Globally, 10% of the world’s population live with a disability. In 2015, it was reported that 19% of the United States population have vision or hearing impairment. That’s nearly 1 in 5 people! With over 70% of websites not compliant with accessibility laws, we need to be taking this more seriously and make m16y a top priority.

We have web project deadlines and limited time to get it done. Look no further! In this session, you will learn in 5 ways you can quickly and easily make your media on your app more accessible, giving an opportunity for everyone to view your web app with ease!

Tessa Mero

Developer Advocate at Cloudinary

Tessa Mero is a Developer Advocate at Cloudinary. She regularly organizes meetups, such as APIs, Vue.js, JAMStack, and Developer Relations. In the past, she has contributed to a leadership team for the open source Joomla! Project for 5 years, including the board of directors, leading the production team, as well as evangelizing Joomla as a public speaker. She organized a PHP conference and founded the API City Conference. She also is an avid career mentor and has helped countless developers become successful. In her free time, she likes to play video games, go camping, cooking, and eating KBBQ.

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