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Designing a Web Sitefor the Blind
Opening overview Who we are
Guy Ball – [email protected] Bartlett – [email protected]
Overview of presentation
What is the Problem?
<Demo of screen reader> <News clippings of lawsuits and
complaints against companies & their sites>
Problems viewers have
Problems for the Blind & Visually Impaired Difficulty using a screen reader Can’t see images & animation Can’t see certain colors & font
sizes Don’t use a mouse (Keyboard only) Navigation problems Variations of vision impairment
Access Methods
Screen readers and speaking browsers audibly render web and UI content
Braille terminals Screen Magnifiers
Common Myths About Accessibility
Accessible web pages are dull, with just boring plain text. Accessible web authoring is expensive and time-consuming. Web accessibility is too difficult for the average web designer. Disabled people don’t use the web. Good assistive technology can solve all accessibility problems.
Why Should I/We Care
Legal (ADA, Sect. 508!) Humanistic Business Sense ($$$)
What to Do?
Checking your site Basic coding changes Major coding/design changes <Demo>
Resources
Web sites (W3C, 508, AWARE, MS, Adobe)
Classes (online like HWG Accessible Web Design)
Books (Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities)
Resources – 2 General Web Accessibility Resources:
AWARE Center: www.awarecenter.org/Web Accessibility In Mind: www.webaim.org/Web Accessibility Initiative: www.w3.org/WAI/
Testing and Repair ResourcesIBM Home Page Reader: www.ibm.com/able/Bobby: www.cast.org/bobbyA-Prompt: aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca/W3C HTML Validator: validator.w3.org/
Document and Application AccessibilityAdobe Access Site: access.adobe.com/Microsoft Accessiblity Site: www.microsoft.com/enable/
Resources – 3
Implications of Web AccessibilityWeb Accessibility Myths:
www.awarecenter.org/why/myths.html/Legal Mandates: www.icdri.org/cynthia_waddell.htm/Section 508: www.section508.gov/
Training and TutorialsHWG Online Course: access.idyllmtn.com/d201/Cascading Style Sheets: www.webreview.com/style/
Thank you for your interest!
