Introduction to Podcast Accessibility

Learn how to make your podcast accessible throughout its entire production cycle, including how to ensure content as user-friendly as possible for individuals with varying physical and psychological needs.

In this page: Accessibility Workshop | Accessibility Handout

What is accessibility?

Making content accessible includes anticipating, identifying, reducing, removing, and preventing barriers that make it difficult for others to access, use, or learn from your content.

Increasing accessibility helps everyone, but some of the groups who will most benefit are:

people with cognitive differences (e.g., learning, processing, sensory)
people with physical differences (e.g., visual, hearing, motor),
people who use intermediary technologies and software (e.g., screen readers, eye gaze technologies),
people with cultural differences (e.g., language, context), and
people without specialist knowledge of the topic.

Watch the workshop

This 90-minute webinar pairs educational instruction with guest panelists who share their experiences and answer questions.

Topics covered:

Understanding the basics of podcast accessibility, including accessibility statements and audits;
Production considerations like sound mixing and working with guests; and
Publication considerations such as transcripts and accessible web content.