Thank you Chris! Also, wonderful point. The woman did say she not only wants examples of sites, but the reasons, practices, or considerations taken to make them accessible.
Israel Antonio Sexy Isra On Oct 27, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > It might be better to point to some best practices. Just because a > site > is or is not accessible won't give much of a hint as to why. Here is > one > list I use: > > http://dev.aol.com/accessibility/requirements/ > > a more official list is here: > > http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/#guidelines > > I also like running my pages through Worldspace which has a free > scanner > here: > > http://worldspace.deque.com/wsservice/eval/checkCompliance.jsp > > it catches a lot of the basic problems. > > CB > > Israel wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> I was just contacted by a woman who is the Executive Director for an >> organization specializing in adaptive sports for the blind, visually >> impaired, and physically challenged. She is giving a presentation to >> race organizers on how to make events more accessible and inclusive >> for the disabled. >> >> Since a majority of events, 5K, 10K, marathons, triathlons, and >> others >> have online registration, she wondered about how to make these sites >> accessible to screen readers or magnification software. The widely >> used site is www.active.com but I am wondering if anyone on the list >> has example of sites which are accessible and can be held up as a >> model how to ensure these sites are accessible? I do not know much >> about web development or design so what are suggestions that the site >> developer may consider to ensure screen readers/magnification >> programs >> can give the user of such sites access to all aspects of a site when >> registering for an event? >> >> Israel Antonio >> Sexy Isra >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
