Download - Make your Open Source More Open – Conquering the Accessibility Challenge

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Rachel Magario | @rachelmagarioEd Schipul | @eschipul | @tendenci

Becky Leven | @beckyleven | @tendenci#oscon #accessibility

Making Open Source More Open Conquering the Accessibility Challenge

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Accessibility is Dignity “Accessing places and information equally”

Coding and Designing For Multiple End Users

1.Visual2.Auditory3.Kinesthetic4.Mobility5.Perceptive Abilities

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Magario Accessibility Method | #oscon #accessibility

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Let’s Talk Accessibility !1. Accessibility is Dignity 2. Accessibility = Vehicle for Innovation 3. Work accessibility into Process


5Magario Accessibility Method | #oscon #accessibility

Accessing A Wordpress Discussion Board


Magario’s Dignity Gap Model


“Cost-benefit ratio for usability is $1:$10-$100”

“Once a system is in development, correcting a problem costs 10 times as much as fixing the same problem

in design. If the system has been released, it costs 100

times as much relative to fixing in design.”

-T.Gilb Principles of Software Engineering

Management

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Sharing a Contact With VoiceOver


Magario Accessibility Experience Model


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Magario Accessibility Method in Action S . E . E

Satisfaction Effectiveness

Efficiency

Accessibility Testing Tools


Accessibility Critique - Tendenci


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1.Create a persona for your site/project and use the what if method to assess

2.Youtube embedded video (Flash or HTML 5?)

3.Alt tags (conveying what is in the image?)

4. Is their audio captcha

5.MAC: CTRL + F5 turns on voice over

6.Windows: Download Jaws or other screen reader

7.Are all areas of content accessible by keyboard (use tab and arrows to get to content)

http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/Overview.html

GETTING STARTED

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OPPORTUNITY

19Popular Science Magazine, July 2014 !http://www.popsci.com/

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Popular Science Magazine, July 2014 !http://www.popsci.com/article/gadgets/wearable-tech-gets-makeover 20

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!1. Accessibility Is About Dignity 2. Accessibility = Vehicle for Innovation 3. Work accessibility into Process


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WE JUST WANT TOCHANGE THE WORLD

AS WE KNOW IT.AND WE WILL.

Ed SchipulSite: tendenci.com

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Rachel Magario

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Twitter: @rachelmagario

Thank You!

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