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Angelia Brockington

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

I am glad that you found this. It is a pretty comprehensive list of what is out there. I am glad that there are a set of guidelines out there to be followed. I think we sometimes take for granted t...

F11accessibility Web2.0

started by carmin karasic on 14 Nov 11 17 follow-ups, last by Angelia Brockington on 08 Dec 11
Rachel N

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!
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  • carmin karasic on 18 Nov 11
     
    Rachel, Use Diigo to highlight your favorite one of those links. Looking at the whole page, is overwhelming. I don't know where to start looking for specific information that exactly addresses web 2.0 access issues. Use the highlighter to 'zoom in' on info by selecting one of the links and describing why that one is important for this assignment. We can browse the whole thing later, when we have more time.
  • 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 :)
Rachel N

Introduction to Website Accessibility - 5 views

webaim.org/intro

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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.
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  • kelievans78 on 18 Nov 11
     
    I also saw this article and found it interesting because I just finished taking a Web design class. We never did talk about website accessibility, but now that I do know about it, I can keep it in mind and look at the recommended guidelines to ensure that all my users can use a site I build or help with. Some things I could do better are descriptions of graphics, making sure to use a easy to read text, make sure forms cannot be submitted without all the required information, and links at the top of the page to content and other areas (allowing people to skip the heading that is the same on each page). Specifically about forms, if you ever use Google Forms, when you build your questions in it, it always asks if the question is required before submission. That way if it is not filled out, you cannot submit and it tells you that you missed a question.
  • Rachel N on 20 Nov 11
     
    We must have taken the same class :) I remember that as well.
  • Amanda Summey on 20 Nov 11
     
    I highlighted some of the areas that stood out the most to me. I liked where it actually broke down the various components of making a site truly accessible. I have noticed that educational sites for students, like BrainPop and BrainPop Jr. are more accessible as they have text pop up that show up when you scroll over images and a CC option on all videos.
Amanda Summey

Accessibility in Web 2.0 Technology - 4 views

www.ibm.com/...index.html

accessibility Web2.0 technology

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  • Lillian Dixon on 17 Nov 11
     
    This article focus on accessibility awareness as a growing requirement in Web 2.0 and the principles in the Web 2.0 design.
  • Amanda Summey on 20 Nov 11
     
    This site was provided by IBM. It has a lot of technical jargon that is somewhat difficult to read through, but I used the highlight tool on mine to help me go through and find the important information. Basically, it notes that there are 4 main areas in which it is difficult to make Web 2.0 tech. accessible to people with disabilities: *Document structure *Dynamic content updates *Enhanced keyboard accessibility *Widget accessibility. It goes on to break down each area and explain how the problem can be addressed and fixed to ensure accessibility for all users.
  • carmin karasic on 28 Nov 11
     
    This says shared by Amanda, but based on join date, the bookmark was first posted by Lilian.
Amanda Summey

The future of web accessibility - 3 views

www.webcredible.co.uk/...future.shtml

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  • The Amazon diamond search3, for example, showcases a great example of using AJAX to create an interactive and highly useful interface. It basically uses click-and-drag sliders to allow users to broaden and narrow a wide range of filtering criteria. The page then automatically updates to show how many results conform to the users' selected criteria. The Amazon application offers fantastic usability for many web users. But it's totally impossible for screen reader and keyboard-only users to use, and very difficult for any screen magnifier user to use. The solution? A separate simplified accessible version, which Amazon have actually provided (ironically, this separate version hasn't been built to high levels of accessibility, although it could easily have been).
  • for many web users . But it's totally impossible for screen reader and keyboard-only users
  • large number of content editors
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  • Websites such as Blogger4, Flickr5 and YouTube6 are totally reliant on user generated content, in the form of blogs, photos and videos respectively. How can these websites control the accessibility of their content? Content is created at such a rapid speed that it wouldn't be reasonable (or even possible) for any of these websites to police that content for accessibility.
  • Image- and photo-driven websites, such as Flickr, could request users insert alternative descriptions, either of their own or other people's photos. Ensuring this actually happens across the site though will be difficult to impossible to achieve.
  • Predictions There are three major factors that will shape web accessibility in the future: AJAX, user generated content and WCAG 2.0. The increased prominence of these factors could lead to some of the following: Accessibility will become less and less guideline-driven With the advent of new technology (such as AJAX), and the technology-neutral and vague nature of the new W3C guidelines (WCAG 2.0), accessibility is becoming less and less guideline driven. This means that employing accessibility experts is going to become more and more important for organisations as interpreting these guidelines correctly will become more and more difficult. Alternative accessible versions will become the norm Historically speaking, separate accessible versions were frowned on for both ethical and business reasons (see Separate text-only version? No thanks!7 for more on this). However, for the first time usability and accessibility are coming head-to-head with each other and rich interactive interfaces often can't be made fully accessible. In this instance, a separate version will have to be provided (but only after all other routes have been exhausted). User generated content is likely to offer poor accessibility Content created by users is becoming more and more commonplace on the web. This kind of content is being created at such a rapid rate that it's going to be impossible to police it for accessibility. JavaScript, PDF & Flash will no longer be thought of as 'evil' In WCAG 1.0, web managers and developers were basically told that their websites shouldn't rely on any of these three technologies. WCAG 2.0 on the other hand doesn't stipulate this, and rightly so as most assistive technologies can now support these technologies
  • Amanda Summey on 20 Nov 11
     
    This site goes through and describes how accessibility is difficult to maintain due mainly to user generated content. It mentioned Blogger and Flickr as 2 of them. One issue it examined was that of photos needing to be appropriately tagged, or given an alternative description.
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  • Amanda Summey on 20 Nov 11
     
    It also gave "props" to Amazon for having a user friendly system for those who would normally have accessibilty issues.
  • jlikourinou on 20 Nov 11
     
    Yes, Amanda. It also discussed YouTube being one of the websites as being difficult to use due to user generated content, just as Flickr and Blogger. Can the website owners provide a mechanism to ensure this content is produced accessibly?
  • Monica Strand on 20 Nov 11
     
    Unfortunately, I don't see how it is possible to make each and every site easily accessible as this article seems to say. With the high rate of use and so many people posting content to YouTube, Blogger. Flickr, etc. it would be impossible to police. As stated, people could be encouraged to make their postings more accessible, but with everyone being so pressed for time, I don't think it would actually happen. Since computers are doing more thinking and becoming more intuitive, perhaps its brain will eventually make everything accessible for us?
Dante Torgersen

Web 2.0 Accessibility and Disability - 3 views

ethicalbloggerproject.blogspot.com/...essibility-and-disability.html

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  • Dante Torgersen on 19 Nov 11
     
    Short article, but contains some good links to other information as well as good info in the post.
  • Rachel N on 20 Nov 11
     
    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.
  • jlikourinou on 20 Nov 11
     
    Wow, I was not aware how we sill are so ignorant about the need of accessibility in the age of technology for people with disabilities. In this blog it points out the how the programming technique that is used to create dynamic and interactive web applications such as Java, continually change or update text which makes it difficult for screen readers to interpret websites for visually impaired Internet users. Hello?
Robby Crowley

7 Tech Breakthroughs That Empower People With Disabilities - 3 views

mashable.com/...tech-disabled

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  • anonymous on 19 Nov 11
     
    This article demonstrates technology that is already used, cochlear implants,and new technologies, a driverless car. Very interesting!
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  • Robby Crowley on 19 Nov 11
     
    Wow! There are some pretty amazing things out there!! Im not sure I would want to share the road with a driver-less car. Although, it may be safer than some of the drivers I share the road with now. I once had a student who was hearing impaired. He was a candidate for the ear implant. I often wonder about him and how he is doing today as a hearing person.
  • Paige Silva on 21 Nov 11
     
    I have used the Dynovox and Cochlear impacts in my classroom before and as they are wonderful their prices aren't so wonderful. It's truly shameful that these things would open the doors for so many individuals with disabilities and yet they can't afford them.
  • Monica Strand on 29 Nov 11
     
    I am so amazed and encouraged to learn about the DynaVox system. I had an uncle that had a stroke at the age of forty and he spent fifteen years in a nursing home unable to communicate with the outside world. We think that it got to be so depressing for him that he eventually just gave up on life and stopped eating. Just think if he had been able to participate in spoken communication using only his eyes. He would have loved being able to enter words and phrases through the use of the eye tracking systems with the on-screen keyboard which could translate the text to speech. It is comforting to now know that this technology exists for other loved ones that might be afflicted with a similar situation.
carmin karasic

Zac Browser - 3 views

www.zacbrowser.com

F11accessibility Web2.0

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  • carmin karasic on 14 Nov 11
     
    The Zac Browser allows children with autism and similar disorders experience the web comfortably. By limiting access to sites that have been deemed appropriate for children with these disorders, the browser reduces distractions and inappropriate material. And it even works with the Nintendo Wii remote!
kelievans78

WebAIM: WebAIM: Web Accessibility for Designers - 3 views

webaim.org/designers

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  • infographic that highlights a few important principles of accessible design
  • kelievans78 on 18 Nov 11
     
    Guide for building an accessible website
Angelia Brockington

Opportunities - 2 views

www.diigo.com/...-opportunities-disabled-people

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  • Angelia Brockington on 08 Dec 11
     
    I chose this article becuase it really takes a good look into whether the internet is really providing options for disabled people. It looks into the barriers and benefits.
Rachel N

Apple's AssistiveTouch Helps the Disabled Use a Smartphone - NYTimes.com - 2 views

pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/...-the-disabled-use-a-smartphone

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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.
Monica Strand

Accessible Technology: Technology: Disability.gov - 2 views

www.disability.gov/...accessible_technology

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  • Accessible Digital Media Guidelines These guidelines from the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media examine the educational needs of students with disabilities and how those needs may be met with software, digital books and other technologies. The guidelines also look at ways to achieve the goal of helping students learn while using adaptive and accessible technology.  The National Center on Access to the General Curriculum at the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) provides more information on access adaptations and the educational goals of instructional materials.
  • IRS Talking Tax Forms The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has PDF talking tax forms for people who are blind or visually impaired. The forms are easy to use with Microsoft Active Accessibilty compliant screen readers and Dragon Naturally Speaking Voice Recognition Software.
  • Monica Strand on 20 Nov 11
     
    Disability.gov: Conncecting the Disability Community to Information and Opportunities has a plethora of resources for making technology accessible. I have highlighted two that I found of particular insight. The first is Accessible Media Guidlines -- they are a set of guidelines look at ways to achieve the goal of helping students learn by using adaptive and accessible technology which is so important to all educators, but especially to those of us that teach special education. The other site, IRS Talking Tax Forms, is designed for people that are visually impaired that are supposed to be easy to use -- uses Microsoft Active Accessibility compliant screen readers and Dragon Naturally Speaking Voice Recognition Software. It is great that the government is at least trying to make this part of filling out your IRS Tax Form a little easier -- I guess so they can more easily get your money from you.
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  • Paige Silva on 21 Nov 11
     
    This is an awesome resource. I had no idea it was out there.
  • Angelia Brockington on 21 Nov 11
     
    I am glad that you found this. It is a pretty comprehensive list of what is out there. I am glad that there are a set of guidelines out there to be followed. I think we sometimes take for granted the use of all of our facilities and senses, we are aware that we have them, but don't take into consideration the obstacles we would face had we not.
  • ashley dress on 22 Nov 11
     
    This is good to know about. I think especially teachers should know about the resources out there to help out every person who might have some sort of disability. Great resource, glad you found this!
kelievans78

Steve Jobs gave 'the blind eyes; the deaf ears' -- Stevie Wonder - latimes.com - 2 views

latimesblogs.latimes.com/...-stevie-wonder-disability.html

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  • Truly you’ve been a blessing for those of us who’ve needed that kind of technology to do more things, to be part of this world, to be in this millennium.'
  • “I’m just hoping that his life and what he did in his life will encourage those who are living still and those who will be born, that it will encourage them and challenge them to do what he has done,” Wonder added, “and not making the whole concept so complicated that people can’t use it -- you just make it one of your applications, it’s in your technology. That will then create a world that will be accessible to anyone with any physical disability, and anyone can buy it, even if that person doesn’t have lots of money.”
  • kelievans78 on 18 Nov 11
     
    Article in the LA Times from an interview with Stevie Wonder and his thanks to Steve Jobs for the things he has created, which helped the world be more accessible to him and others.
  • Rachel N on 20 Nov 11
     
    Very moving article Kelly!
jlikourinou

Social Networking-Not for Everyone - 2 views

accessites.org/al-networking-not-for-everyone

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  • jlikourinou on 20 Nov 11
     
    This article by Accessities.org discusses how social networking sites are not user friendly for people with disabilties. Here is the list of issues. No accessibility page. A lack of skip links and poor support for keyboard navigators generally. Navigational graphics that lacked alternative text attributes. Poor link text. Poor typography. No alternatives for site facilities that relied upon JavaScript.
  • Paige Silva on 21 Nov 11
     
    Social networking sites are way to cluttery! That is what ruined Myspace. Not only should people with disabilities fine simplicity more user friendly but also those without.
Paige Silva

Social Media Accessibility: Where Are We Today? - 1 views

accessibiliteweb.com/...a11yBOS

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  • Paige Silva on 21 Nov 11
     
    Presentation by Denis Boudreau which provides an overview (based on research) of the state of Accessibility in the social media sphere. A comparison of "accessible" features in common social media services such as Facebook and Twitter, an some pointers for the ideal future of the social Web with regards to Accessibility.
  • ashley dress on 22 Nov 11
     
    This reminds me of a class we took through Lesley where we had to do a test on websites to see how accessible they were. This is something that more people need to be aware of.
  • Lunden Letofsky on 22 Nov 11
     
    I agree with Ashley. This has completely helped me take accessibility into consideration when I am creating websites, or when having my students create websites. So many things are overlooked, and this is one of them!
ashley dress

Making Web 2.0 Assessability Mainstream - 1 views

http://libr.org/isc/occasional_papers/access.html Here is the link to this article. This talks about how people with disabilities that use assistive technology are often restricted by incompatibili...

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Lindsey Bibler

Web 2.0 and Accessibliity: How you can (and should) have both - 1 views

folio.crowehorwath.com/...GOV11006_Web20Article_lo.pdf

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  • Lindsey Bibler on 20 Nov 11
     
    I chose to post this article because I think it does a nice job of breaking down this issue. First, the author describes some common web 2.0 tools, then she describes the barriers that people with disabilities might face in using those tools, and then she desribes a few ways that we can make web 2.0 tools accessible.
  • carmin karasic on 28 Nov 11
     
    "then she describes the barriers that people with disabilities might face in using those tools" - That would come in handy in doing resarch for the wiki article!
Elias Santiago

Is accessibility being overlooked in favour of sociability? - 1 views

www.mediageek.co.uk/blog

F11accessibility web 2.0 Facebook Twitter

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  • Elias Santiago on 20 Nov 11
     
    This blog speaks directly to how social networks such as Facebook and Twitter are making their sites more accessible.
  • carmin karasic on 28 Nov 11
     
    And sadly, how so many more sites simply are not.
Jo Lynn Field

Web 2.0 Accessibility Tests - Assistive Technology News - Axistive.com - Web 2.0 Acce... - 1 views

www.axistive.com/eb-20-accessibility-tests.html

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  • Jo Lynn Field on 23 Nov 11
     
    This article describes how Tech dis looks at how well people with disabilities can access web services. This team has built an accessibility tool kit to test accessibility to Web 2.0 services. They have also developed a pen drive application to assist with accessibility of Web 2.0 services
Elias Santiago

Spring 2011: Designing Universally Accessible Web 2.0 Applications - 1 views

web20semester.cita.illinois.edu

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  • Elias Santiago on 20 Nov 11
     
    Illinois Center for Information Technology and Web Accessibility - I thought this was interesting because this is an actual course that teaches how to design Web 2.0 applications so that their functionality is more accessible. As you can see the course offering was for spring 2011 - very recent.
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