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REQUIRED DISCUSSION: Increasing Awareness about Web Access Barriers - 55 views

started by carmin karasic on 14 Nov 11 1 follow-up, last by Angelia Brockington on 08 Dec 11
  • Rachel N
    #12 Rachel N on 20 Nov 11
     
    I read "Is accessibility being overlooked in favour of sociability?" posted by Elias. The fact that "accessible twitter" is not affiliated with Twitter says it all. A 3rd party has to do it?? That is sad. All of us able to access facebook, twitter and such now are growing older everyday...and I don't think we'll want to unplug when our eyes, ears, hands start to fail us.
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    #13 Rachel N on 20 Nov 11
     
    I read the article from the ethical blogger that Dante posted, Web 2.0 Accessibility and Disability posted by Dante, and posted under the article instead of this section: I liked the link that described specifics on how people with different disabilities use the web. A great point was made about accessibility features making websites usable to all, but possible for the disabled.
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How People with Disabilities Use the Web - 1 views

www.w3.org/...20050505.html F11accessibility disabilities Web2.0
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  • The University had the lectures transcribed and made this information available through their Web site along with audio versions of the lectures.
  • However, since the tables on this company's documents are marked up clearly with column and row headers which her screen reader can access, she easily orients herself to the information in the tables. Her screen reader reads her the alternative text for any images on the site.
  • upgraded to a browser that allows better synchronization of the screen display with audio and braille rendering of that information.
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  • able to freeze the animated graphics.
  • screen magnifier
  • screen magnifier to help with his vision and his hand tremor
  • icons and links on Web pages are bigger
  • -- it had a lot of pictures
  • but he mostly uses the option that lets him select from a list of products that he has ordered in the past.
  • While these features made the site more usable for all of the online-grocery's customers, they made it possible for Mr. Sands to use the site
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      Rachel N on 20 Nov 11
       
      This is to me what's awesome about accessibility features:USABLE to All, yet POSSIBLE for the disabled
  • captioned and described -- including text subtitles for the audio, and descriptions of the video -- which allows her to access it using a combination of screen magnification and braille.
  • Rachel N on 20 Nov 11
     
    I found this article browsing thru the links in Dante's post and highlighted specific example sections on specific disabilities accommodations
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Apple's AssistiveTouch Helps the Disabled Use a Smartphone - NYTimes.com - 2 views

pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/...-the-disabled-use-a-smartphone F11accessibility iphone assistivetouch iPad
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  • Apple has always gone to considerable lengths to make the iPhone usable for people with vision and hearing impairments
  • LED flash
  • vibration patterns
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  • If you’re blind, you can literally turn the screen off and operate everything — do your e-mail, surf the Web, adjust settings, run apps — by tapping and letting the phone speak what you’re touching. You can also magnify the screen or reverse black for white (for better-contrast reading).
  • AssistiveTouch, is Apple’s accessibility team at its most creative.
  • To me, the most impressive part is that you can define your own gestures. In Settings->General->Accessibility, you can tap Create New Gesture to draw your own gesture right on the screen, using up to five fingers.
  • Rachel N on 20 Nov 11
     
    Like the author said, it's pretty neat for the apple developers to incorporate accessibility features such as AssistiveTouch to the iPhone, knowing that disabled people are not the large part of the market! I highlighted a few sections.
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Introduction to Website Accessibility - 5 views

webaim.org/intro F11accessibility Web WebDesign
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  • Rachel N on 17 Nov 11
     
    This is an excellent resource that discusses things to keep in mind when designing a website and making it accessible to all, regardless of visual, hearing, motor and cognitive disabilities.
  • Rachel N on 20 Nov 11
     
    We must have taken the same class :) I remember that as well.
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National Center on Accessible instructional Materials - 6 views

aim.cast.org F11accessibility Web2.0
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  • Rachel N on 17 Nov 11
     
    Excellent resources for teachers and families of students needing accessible instruction, such as students with print disabilities. I especially like the section on the right "highlights from the field", a gold mine of pertinent links!
  • Rachel N on 20 Nov 11
     
    I just posted an article found on that page that I liked and highlighted sections of it. Then I came back here and wanted to just highlight the link to it, and AHHHHH! ended up highlighting almost the entire page. I think I goofed because that page was full of links! It was much easier to highlight text within an article. I can't figure out how to remove the highlighter now, if anyone knows,please help.
  • Rachel N on 20 Nov 11
     
    Never mind, I was suddenly able to see the delete option :)
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