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The Disability Experience in a Post- 2.0 World

The Disability Experience in a Post- 2.0 World. Implications for Libraries www.melissafortson.com/msuet10. Blindness. Screen readers speech synthesizer refreshable Braille display Text-based browsers Voice browsers Tabbing through headings or links. Low Vision. Extra-large monitors

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The Disability Experience in a Post- 2.0 World

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  1. The Disability Experience in a Post- 2.0 World Implications for Libraries www.melissafortson.com/msuet10

  2. Blindness • Screen readers • speech synthesizer • refreshable Braille display • Text-based browsers • Voice browsers • Tabbing through headings or links

  3. Low Vision • Extra-large monitors • use the system to increase the size of fonts and images • Screen magnifiers/screen enhancement • Text and background colors • Typefaces

  4. Deafness • Captions for audio content • Supplemental text and/or images

  5. Hard of Hearing • Captions for audio content • Can be used to supplement audio • Turning captions on/off • Adjusting volume

  6. Physical Disabilities • Specialized mouse • Range of motion keyboard layout • Pointing devices • head mouse or pointer • mouth stick • single keystrokes • Voice-recognition software • Other AT

  7. Speech Disabilities • Alternate means of input • keyboard • mouse

  8. Cognitive Disabilities • Learning • multiple means: screen reader, text-to-speech, captions • Attention & Memory • rely on organization • ability to turn elements on/off • Intellectual • graphics • sites w/accessible language

  9. Other Considerations • Multiple Disabilities • captions + size/color change • Age-related Changes • user needs change over time • People, not Disabilities

  10. Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0

  11. Facebook • Known issues • CAPTCHA

  12. Facebook • Known issues • JavaScript • Difficulty resizing text • Dynamic nature of site • Solutions/Workarounds • Familiarity • Mobile site • Accessibility resources

  13. Facebook

  14. Twitter • YMMV • CAPTCHA • Web vs. clients (API) • Backgrounds • Abbreviations & Shortened URLs • #msuet10 wuz gr8! Thx! • YVW. Cld u eml me ur link l8r? • K. Here it is: www.bit.ly/a12b3c

  15. WordPress • Out of the box accessibility • Themes and plug-ins can be problematic • “Accessible” themes

  16. Wikipedia • Paper: “Is Wikipedia Usable for the Blind?” • Yes and no • Wikipedia Manual of Style (accessibility) • WikiProject Accessibility

  17. Disability-related Sites • Communities • Portals • Dissemination

  18. “The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.”

  19. Questions?

  20. Thank You

  21. Credits Images: 2. Flickr/Ségozyme 3. Flickr/NASA Goddard Photo and Video 4. Flickr/Joe Gratz 5. Flickr/William Hook 6, 17. Flickr/woodleywonderworks 7. Gizmodo 18. Flickr/atbarlett 20. I Can Has Cheezburger? 21. Flickr/watch4u 22-23, 25-28 Flickr/Spencer E Holtaway Slide 24 logos downloaded from organizational websites. Other references available at www.melissafortson.com/msuet10

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