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Web Accessibility

Web Accessibility. Harriette LaVarre Spiegel Ph.D. Student, Instructional Technology IS 592 Summer, 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?.

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Web Accessibility

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  1. Web Accessibility Harriette LaVarre Spiegel Ph.D. Student, Instructional Technology IS 592 Summer, 2004

  2. 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.

  3. 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/

  4. Symbols closed captioning descriptive video web access http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/hire/symbols

  5. 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

  6. Background • Web Access Considerations under Section 504 & Title II http://uwctds.washington.edu/ocr_slides/index.htm

  7. 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/

  8. How People With Disabilities Use the Web • Introduction http://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 Simulation http://www.webaim.org/simulations/screenreader

  9. 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/

  10. 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 Accessibility http://www.sapdesignguild.org/editions/edition4/joelle.asp

  11. Web Accessibility Validators • Bobbyhttp://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/

  12. Web Sites of Interest • Designing More Usable Websiteshttp://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

  13. 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 Accessibility http://web.utk.edu/~hspiegel/su04/592Page.htm

  14. 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/

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