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Erin Hunt

Web2Access: Welcome to Web2Access - 5 views

www.web2access.org.uk

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shared by Erin Hunt on 24 Jan 12 - Cached
  • Erin Hunt on 24 Jan 12
     
    This site is focused on making e-learning decisions on utilizing common Web 2.0 tools to fully meet the accessibilities needs of impaired individuals. You can search using the top tabs for specific "Activities" such as concept mapping, charting, assessments/surveys, etc., or by specific Disabilities" such as visual, mobility, auditory, or cognitive impairments. Each activity or disability will be accompanied by suggested Web 2.0 tools and their accessibility evaluations, based on the impairment, in percent form and broken-down by specific drawbacks to accessibility. The Web 2.0 tools referenced in the site were evaluated or tested to their accessibility for each impairment using various guidelines and services including: W3C, the Web Accessibility Group, JISC TechDis, WebAIM, CEUD, IBM, and VPAT.
  • Megan Haddadi on 25 Jan 12
     
    This is a wonderful resource. I love that you can sort by disability or you can sort by activity, and then when you click on activity (like chart creation or assessment and survey) it will then list each application or Web 2.0 tool separately with their score. Great find! -Megan
Cindy Rooks

Surfing into the Future: An Introduction to Web 2.0 - AccessWorld® - March 2008 - 2 views

www.afb.org/...pub.asp

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shared by Cindy Rooks on 08 Feb 12 - Cached
  • Before you even get to whether the content of these sites is accessible, you need to get past the inaccessible elements of the sign-up process. All the Web 2.0 sites that were reviewed for this article require users to sign up, and all use a method called CAPTCHA (completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart) to verify that you are a human, not a computer. A CAPTCHA is a small graphic that contains text, numbers, or both. You are asked to type the characters that are displayed into a text field. CAPTCHAs are basically a Web 1.0 technology that is used to prevent automated systems, such as those used by spammers, from signing up for services. Unfortunately, because they are graphic, CAPTCHAs are completely inaccessible. Some CAPTCHAs include an audio alternative, but because of voice-recognition technology, the quality of the audio is poor on purpose. Anyone with less-than-perfect hearing or with auditory-processing problems would find them difficult to use.
    • Cindy Rooks
      Cindy Rooks on 08 Feb 12
       
      I also have problems with CAPTCHA and I supposedly do not have a disability
  • RIA accessibility is very much a work in progress, but one thing is clear. It will be extremely difficult to provide any kind of backward compatibility for RIA web sites. Old versions of screen readers simply will not work with the new technology, but neither will old versions of web browsers.
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  • The average user just does not know anything about the need for accessibility or how to go about making the content more accessible. This situation can be aggravated by the fact that the applications that end-users use to put content on the web site typically do not provide any way to make their content more accessible. For example, MySpace is a social networking site where individuals and organizations can put up content on their personal MySpace pages. Content can include photographs and videos. Even if users are aware of accessibility issues and want to provide accessible content to visitors to their pages, there is no facility to do even something as simple as providing alt-text with photographs.
  • of screen readers simply will not work with the new technology, but neither will old versions
    • Cindy Rooks
      Cindy Rooks on 08 Feb 12
       
      so more expense for a person with disabilities, most of whom are living on a very fixed income.
  • Cindy Rooks on 08 Feb 12
     
    This article explains accessibility issues with social network sites such as facebook and myspace. also addresses the use of CAPTCHAs
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