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The POUR principle

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The POUR principle

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- [Instructor] The P-O-U-R, or POUR, Principle is a simple principle you can follow as a general guideline to develop any accessible application. It's easy to remember, so you can easily keep it in your mind during development. There are four main guiding principles for accessibility. The first one is if the content is perceivable. You can ask yourself the question, do I know something is there? The second one is if the content is operable. The question to ask is, can I use it? The third one is if the content is understandable. You ask if your content makes sense. And the fourth one is if the software is robust to work with different assistive technologies. The question to ask is, does it work? To add a bit more context around different disabilities, we can summarize it with one single question. Can my app be perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust, if I didn't have good fine motor control, cognition, hearing, or vision? You should be asking yourself this question whenever…

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