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Introduction to Web Accessibility
Most people today can hardly conceive of life without the internet. It provides access to news, email, shopping, and entertainment, at any hour of the day or night. Some have argued that no other single invention has been more revolutionary since Gutenberg's printing press in the 1400s. Now, at the click of a mouse, the world can be "at your fingertips"—that is, if you can use a mouse... and see the screen... and hear the audio—in other words, if you don't have a disability of any kind. This introduction should help you understand how people with disabilities use the web, the frustrations they feel when they cannot access the web, and what you can do to make your sites more accessible.
Section 508
General (Subpart A) The standards define the types of technology covered and set forth provisions that establish a minimum level of accessibility. The application section (1194.2) outlines the scope and coverage of the standards. The standards cover the full range of electronic and information technologies in the Federal sector, including those used for communication, duplication, computing, storage, presentation, control, transport and production. This includes computers, software, networks, peripherals and other types of electronic office equipment. The standards define electronic and information technology , in part, as "any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment, that is used in the creation, conversion, or duplication of data or information."
Firefox Accessibility Extension Documentation: Overview and Installation
About The Firefox Accessibility Extension makes it easier for people with disabilities to view and navigate web content. Developers can use the extension to check their use of structural and styling markup that support functional web accessibility. By downloading and installing the accessibility extension from the Firefox Add-ons site you have the option of having the extension automatically updated when new versions become available. Compatibility with the FAE 1.0 DHTML reporting feature will hopefully be available from the Add-ins website within the next month, but there are new requirements for compatibility with Firefox 3.1 and interoperability between extensions.
Accessibility - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Web accessibility is the goal of making web pages easier to navigate and read. While this is primarily intended to assist those with disabilities , it can be helpful to all readers. Articles adhering to the following guidelines are easier to read and edit for everyone.The CSU is committed to ensuring accessibility of its web sites, web content and web applications for people with disabilities. It is the right thing to do, the smart thing to do, and it is the law.
Accessibility Technology Initiative: Web Accessibility
The policy links on this page are compiled as a resource by the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG). This page is not a comprehensive or definitive resource for all applicable laws and policies regarding Web accessibility. The information contained on this page is not legal advice. If you have questions about the applicability of the referenced laws to specific situations, please consult legal authorities in the appropriate jurisdiction. This page is under continual development.
Policies Relating to Web Accessibility
Navigation Accessibility
The Web is a navigation environment, where travellers move around in a virtual world by activating hypertext links. Successful Websites have logical navigation systems that mirror real world navigational expectations and experiences and have been built to meet the needs of the site user. There are many good books and Websites with information about designing usable navigation systems. Rather than going over well-travelled ground, this document is the first of two that will consider the accessibility implications of Website navigation and how access to site content for people with disabilities might be enhanced.
Does My Web Site Suck
156 165 Mortal Sins That Will Send Your Site to Web Design Hell Does my web site suck?
Law Offices of Lainey Feingold
On April 24, 2012, Consumer World, a consumer education organization based in Massachusetts, published the results of its survey on Talking ATM and talking fare machines in Boston. The results show that far too many ATMs and fare machines are still not accessible to people with visual impairments. One bank that is doing a good job? Bank of America, where every ATM tested was a working Talking ATM.
In the past five years I’ve spent a lot of time watching people use the Web, and the thing that has struck me most is the difference between how we think people use Web sites and how they actually use them. When we’re creating sites, we act as though people are going to pore over each page, reading our finely crafted text, figuring out how we’ve organized things, and weighing their options before deciding which link to click. What they actually do most of the time (if we’re lucky) is glance at each new page, scan some of the text, and click on the first link that catches their interest or vaguely resembles the thing they’re looking for.
How We Really Use the Web
Share: Daily Telegraph Apple iPad apps need more consistency, says usability guru (includes 3-minute video where I demo some inconsistencies in iPad apps)
useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's Website
The following standards are excerpted from Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, §1194.22. The pass/fail criteria in this document represent an interpretation of Section 508 web standards. This checklist is NOT official Section 508 documentation. For the full text of Section 508, please see the Official government 508 web site - external link .
Section 508 Checklist
The Web Accessibility Toolbar was developed by Steve Faulkner in a collaboration between Vision Australia , The Paciello Group (Europe) and JUn of the Web Accessibility Tools Consortium . Download the Web Accessibility Toolbar 2011 (2mb) IT IS IMPORTANT that if you have a previous version of the toolbar installed, unistall it before installing this version.
Web Accessibilty Toolbar
The Web Accessibility Toolbar - external link is a free extension for Internet Explorer (version 5 and above, Windows), it contains many features that can help in the assessment of the accessibility of web pages. Provide detailed information, about specific aspects of the page, organized in a tabular or list format. Usually this information is shown in a new browser window. Examples of these functions include: