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Creating Accessible Documents

Creating Accessible Documents. TO HELP SET UP: Sign into computer Navigate to the USB Drag “Lib Session” Folder to TEMP D Open “Lib Session” Folder from Temp D and start “Library Creating Accessible Documents” PowerPoint Show Give USB to another person!. Guiding Standards.

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Creating Accessible Documents

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  1. Creating Accessible Documents TO HELP SET UP: Sign into computer Navigate to the USB Drag “Lib Session” Folder to TEMP D Open “Lib Session” Folder from Temp D and start “Library Creating Accessible Documents” PowerPoint Show Give USB to another person!

  2. Guiding Standards • Information and Communications • http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/accessibility/tools/making_information_accessible.aspx • W3C • http://www.w3.org/standards/ • CNIB • Clear Print Accessibility Guidelines

  3. What?- Disability • There are five main types of disability: • Vision • Hearing • Mobility • Cognitive or Language • Other Medical (e.g. Seizure) • Within each type there is a range of different disabilities • Some disabilities are permanent, others temporary, some age-induced.

  4. Disability AwarenessVision • Turn off the monitor! • How a person who is blind uses the computer • Refreshable Braille • Low vision

  5. Disability AwarenessMobility • Not able to use a mouse • Keyboard • Navigating Websites: • Library – how to activate the tabs to search books, versus articles, etc. • Vs Blackboard

  6. Disability AwarenessHearing • What does a person with a hearing disability hear? • Speech simulation • Cochlear implants: simulation • Is any information shared through audio?

  7. Disability AwarenessLearning Disability • Read this • Look at this website • How much information • Layout

  8. How?First Rule • If information could be inaccessible to someone, always convey that information in a second format. • i.e. A picture is NOT worth a thousand words to everyone!

  9. Think about… • If you have audio voiceover on a Web page for people who are blind or have LD • add text for persons with hearing loss • If you use Video • they should be closed captioned

  10. Photosensitive Epilepsy • Flash rate of less than 2 flashes per second • Warn readers of flashing and blinking elements • Where might flashing elements occur? • PowerPoint -flickering or blinking animations, or video clips. • E-mail attachments - video clips. • Web Pages -animated text or video clips. • Microsoft Word documents - animated text.

  11. Text is… • Accessible to everyone!

  12. But consider… A crowded, busy screen versus a simple, less crowded one.  Dense paragraphs versus lots of white space. Dense paragraphs versus bulleted lists.

  13. How? • Make keyboard friendly • Guiding principals for websites at: • http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/keyboard-operation.html • HTML provides a much more accessible way to design tables; HTML tags identify: • the table header <TH> • table data <TD>

  14. How? • Text should be: • Highcontrast colour (black, blue on white) • Point Size of 12-18 • Leading (the space between lines of text ) should be at least 25 to 30 per cent of the point size.

  15. How? • Text should consider: • Font family and style • Heaviness (bold not italics) • Uncrowded • Margins and columns (less peripheral vision and tracking) • Paper; non glare, matt

  16. Fonts • Use San Serif fonts (e.g. Arial) • What’s the difference? • What’s the difference? • What’s the difference? • use at least 12 points.

  17. How? • Screen readers go from left to right so consider how tables are laid out

  18. Alternative text, should be added to all images • Should contain information sufficient enough to explain the picture

  19. Contrast • The best contrast is black on white • Be sensitive to colours of “buttons”

  20. PFD.. • Viewing this: Inaccessible PDF • Versus this: Accessible PDF • Guides: Creating Accessible PDF

  21. Practice • Open this document to Practice • Refer to instructions for practice document

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