Accessibility is an important aspect of any web app, including progressive web apps (PWAs). PWAs offer a great opportunity to provide a seamless experience to users across different devices and platforms, but it’s important to ensure that users can access and use the app regardless of their disabilities.

Why is accessibility important?

Accessibility ensures that people with disabilities can access and use an app. It also improves the user experience for everyone, which makes navigating and interacting with the app easier. By implementing accessibility features, we can make our app more inclusive, which can help us reach a wider audience.

How to implement accessibility

Here are some ways to implement accessibility in web apps.

Use semantic HTML

Semantic HTML is an important aspect of accessibility and helps screen readers and other assistive technologies understand the content and structure of a web page. Using semantic tags such as <nav>, <header>, <footer>, and <main> make the different parts of an app clearer. This makes it easier for people with disabilities to navigate the app.

Here are two examples of HTML pages, one with semantic tags and one without:

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