I recently attended:
an evening event at Google in London.
Only three of around sixty developers present admitted to any
knowledge or experience with accessibility.
two day semantic barcamp in London
again only three of around sixty developers present admitted to any
knowledge or experience with accessibility.
This means that whilst there is plenty of interest, one has to place
the bar low, and fully explore how the group can start to grapple in
a practical fashion.
regards
Jonathan Chetwynd
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On 3 Mar 2008, at 19:50, Ian Forrester wrote:
Maybe one day might not be enough, but it’s a hell of a lot better
that none at all. Currently whose actually thinking or writing about
this stuff? Very few people I would say. Its something which has been
forgotten about.
Maybe the success of this one day conference might trigger more
deeper talks or conferences about the subject, but you got to start
somewhere.
Cheers
Ian Forrester
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AddressAccessibility in Web 2.0
Quoting Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Robin Christopherson Web Services Manager of AbilityNet said “We
believe it’s time for the focus to come back onto Accessibility, and
that a conference of this kind is what is needed to help developers
make their Web 2.0 applications accessible. It promises to be a
highly practical day, where delegates come away knowing exactly what
they need to do, and where they need to focus to make sure they
consider accessibility in their products. With some of the biggest
and best names in the industry we are very excited about what this
event is going to bring to individuals and the industry as a whole.”
Is one day really enough to do justice to this subject.
What do we mean by accessibility?
Do we mean people with differing levels of computer literacy and the
design of sites and services to evolve to be fully inclusive?
Do we mean accessibility for those with presbycusis, protanopia,
deuteranopia, photosensitive epilepsy, tinnitus and other "mildly"
disabling issues, all of which are specialist use cases. If
designers design to be inclusive of all these cases, they are
noticeably limited in design schemes and technologies, but normally
can create something useful to all. Alternatively, can the data be
available in alternative guises, like in BETSIE?
For more debilitating issues, it is often necessary to design in such
a way that the data may be accessed in alternative ways, like feed
readers, text-to-speech engines? Is there a open-standard method?
Then what are the legal aspects of the design implementation, from
the DPA requirements of holding data about end-users abilities, to
the potential for legislation like the Broadcasting Act but for the
internet with regards to presentation of access services and OFCOM's
guidances on photosensitive epilepsy.
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