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Web Accessibility
Harriette LaVarre Spiegel
Ph.D. Student, Instructional Technology
IS 592Summer, 2004
Accessibility
The user should be able to use the product (restroom, sidewalk, information on a Web page) as easily as anyone who does not have an impairment.
Accessibility?
Merriam Webster online: 2 a : permission, liberty, or ability to enter, approach, communicate with, or pass to and from b : freedom or ability to obtain or make use of c : a way or means of access d : the act or an instance of accessing; - ac·ces·si·bil·i·ty /-"se-s&-'bi-l&-tE/
Symbols
closed captioning
descriptive video
http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/hire/symbols
web access
Background
10% of online population is disabled http://www.watchfire.com/products/webxm/accessibilityxm.aspx
Section 508: purpose, who is covered, what is covered, what are the technical standards, important dates http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/brochure.htm
Background
Web Access Considerations under Section 504 & Title IIhttp://uwctds.washington.edu/ocr_slides/index.htm
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops guidelines for accessibility of Web sites, browsers, and authoring tools, in order to make it easier for people with disabilities to use the Web. http://www.w3.org/WAI/
How People With Disabilities Use the Web
Introductionhttp://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/PWD-Use-Web/Overview.html#intro
Blind Accountant:http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/PWD-Use-Web/Overview.html#accountant
Screen Reader Simulationhttp://www.webaim.org/simulations/screenreader
Guidelines
Section 508 Standards– http://www.access-board.gov/508.htm– http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/508standards.htm
W3C WAI Guidelines– http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/
Tools
iCITA (Accessible Web Publishing Wizard)– http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/software/office/
A-Prompt– http://aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca/
Publishing Accessible Materials on the Web– http://www.dssc.org/frc/pubs/Access.pdf
Evaluating Accessibilityhttp://www.sapdesignguild.org/editions/edition4/joelle.asp
Web Accessibility Validators
Bobby http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp
Doctor HTML http://www.doctor-html.com/RxHTML/
WAVE - http://www.wave.webaim.org/index.jsp
LIFT evaluation
http://www.usablenet.com/
Web Sites of Interest
Designing More Usable Websites http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/web/
The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR): http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/index.html?src=mr
Web Sites of Interest AccessIT
http://www.washington.edu/accessit/index.php
National Center on Low Incidence Disabilities: http://vision.unco.edu/AccessibleDesign/
Harriette’s Online List of Web Sites about Accessibilityhttp://web.utk.edu/~hspiegel/su04/592Page.htm
Whose Responsibilty is Web Accessibility?
Web User Education Guidelines: http://www.wats.ca/articles/educationguidelines/57
User Responsibility for Web Accessibility: http://cookiecrook.com/sxsw/2004/demo/