Power BI: Accessibility Tips

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Power BI: Accessibility Tips.
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Synopsis

What can we do to make our Power BI reports more accessible? In this 20 minute presentation I explain the four principles of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and how they relate to the creation of Power BI reports.

Resources and links

• Colour accessibility matrix for UoS PBI Theme 1 JSON
• Overview of accessibility in Power BI By Microsoft.
• The top frustrations that users report when using the web map to accessibility issues.
• PowBility A Browser extension that is meant to test Power BI reports for accessibility, but I could not get it to work.
• Stop Letting Accessibility Be Optional In Your Power BI Reports Blog post from “data savvy me”.
• Keyboard shortcuts in Power BI Desktop By Microsoft.
• Power BI Screen Reader Accessibility Blog post from “data savvy me”.
• Power BI Report Accessibility Checklist Blog post from “data savvy me”
• There is a feature in Edge to make the focus indicator EXTRA visible.
• WhoCanUse.com
• Microsoft Power Toys
• Accessibility insights Microsoft’s browser extension for automated accessibility testing
• How to Meet WCAG (Quick Reference) from W3C.
• Use Chrome to simulate colour blindness from Chrome Development Team.
• UoS disability staff network.
• Find more of my presentations and blog posts on my website.