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Web Accessibility

Web Accessibility. June 8, 2011, TA&D COP Meeting Chuck Hitchcock Chief Officer, Policy and Technology Director, National AIM Center CAST, Inc. 40 Harvard Mills Square, Suite 3, Wakefield MA 01880-3233 chitchcock@cast.org TEL 1-781-245-2212 x233,  FAX 1-781-245-5212, 

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Web Accessibility

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  1. Web Accessibility • June 8, 2011, TA&D COP Meeting • Chuck Hitchcock • Chief Officer, Policy and Technology • Director, National AIM Center • CAST, Inc. • 40 Harvard Mills Square, Suite 3, • Wakefield MA 01880-3233 • chitchcock@cast.org • TEL 1-781-245-2212 x233,  • FAX 1-781-245-5212,  • TTY 1-781-245-9320 • http://aim.cast.org • http://www.cast.org • http://www.udlcenter.org

  2. WHY? • Websites usable by everyone • Screen readers and magnifiers • Talking browsers • Mouse less navigation and selection • Video captions (or transcript) • Set an example for others, including your consumers • Content more likely to work well with mobile devices • For additional business case details (social, technical, financial, legal and resource issues), visit: • http://www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/Overview.html 2

  3. HOW? • Guidelines (W3C WAI WCAG and Section 508) • Accessibility checkers • Overview of checkers by W3C WAI • http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/Overview.html • WebAIM WAVE (free online test and free Firefox toolbar) • http://wave.webaim.org/ • HiSoft Cynthia Says Portal (508 & WCAG 1.0, free online) • http://www.cynthiasays.com/ • Accessible webinar software • Adobe Connect, Elluminate, iLink (questionable commitment) • Accessibility resources • http://aim.cast.org/learn/e-resources/accessibility_resources 3

  4. What else? • Website policy statement • http://aim.cast.org/accessibility • Exemplars • US Dept. of Ed, AIM Center, CAST, NICHCY, NCTI, etc. • Accessibility Resources (links you can use) • http://aim.cast.org/learn/e-resources/accessibility_resources • Textbooks; applications; assessments; documents; eBook content; eBook readers; eLearning systems; flash; meetings; multimedia; operating systems; survey tools; and web accessibility checkers, guidelines and additional resources 4

  5. What to avoid! • May 20, 2011 • Study Indicates Federal Government Not Complying with Web Site Accessibility Requirements. • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Chris Danielsen, Director of Public Relations National Federation of the Blind (410) 659-9314, extension 2330 (410) 262-1281 (Cell) cdanielsen@nfb.org • Federal Government Not Complying with Web Site Accessibility Requirements, Study Indicates National Federation of the Blind Expresses Outrage, Demands Swift Action • Baltimore, Maryland (May 19, 2011): A study that has just been published online in the journal Government Information Quarterly has found that of one-hundred Web sites operated by federal government agencies, over 90 percent do not comply with government accessibility guidelines and likely cannot be used by people who are blind or have other perceptual or motor disabilities. 5

  6. End • Chuck Hitchcock • chitchcock@cast.org • Director • National Center on AIM • http://aim.cast.org 6

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