TL;DR
SharePoint is getting an Accessibility assistant tool to help you create accessible content in selected web parts. Due early to mid-February 2025.
Details
A new Accessibility assistant provides checks and brief guidance to help ensure the below web parts are inclusive and accessible.
The Accessibility assistant icon will be available in the right vertical toolbar and will support five web parts: Banner, Text, Image, Hero, and Quick Links.
Identified accessibility issues:
You will see suggestions to address accessibility issues in the specific web part:
Confirmation you have addressed all accessibility issues:
Availability
Due early to mid-February 2025.
Source, related links, and references
MC976819.
365 Roadmap ID 470603.
Image(s): Microsoft.
Suggested action
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Page originally published
24th January 2025 and kept up to date.
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