Hello, all
On September 19, the NFB hosted a Web Accessibility day. If you go to
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/web_accessibility_day.asp and click on the
Materials for web accessibility day link, you can download the
Resource CD. I have summarized most of the contents in the Resource CD
.zip folder below.
One of the items in the "Best Practices" folder is a case study
regarding the design of the recovery.gov web site. The document
includes how testing was done to make sure the web site complies with
Section 508 guidelines, as well as other best practices such as making
sure all links are contextual (for example, no "read more..." links.)
These procedures include testing with people with disabilities, and
training content providers on how to provide accessible PDF and
content. There are also code examples given.
The PowerPoint presentation in the Best Practices folder talks about
how many universities and Federal organizations have web sites that
dont comply with Section 508 guidelines, or reveal how their web sites
will be compliant in the future. Following that are some examples of
federal agencies and universities that have policies in place and
perform automated checks to ensure compliance. Oregon State University
tries to ensure that their web sites meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA guidelines,
and the rest are all Section 508 University of Wisconsin, University
of California, and a couple others.
In the Business Case for Web Accessibility folder, theres an HTML
document from the WAI that talks about why the web should be
accessible, example of common accessibility failures, and gives
resources for designing ccessible web sites. Then there are several
documents discussing building business cases from different
perspectives in this folder. Then theres an HTML document that talks
about how to report inaccessible web sites. Another document talks
about how to involve older people and people with disabilities in the
testing of the web site, along with the benefits of involving these
groups of people. There is also a Word document of a presentation by a
person from EBay that talks about designing an accessible web site from
an industry perspective, and a PowerPoint presentation from a
representative from Blackboard that talks about making the case for web
accessibility for your business.
In the javascript folder is an HTML document that talks about how to
make Javascript accessible, myths and misconceptions about Javascript,
and how to resolve problems like losing focus and other things. There
is also a UI folder, and it has a lot of stuff in it.
In the jQuery folder is a PowerPoint presentation, which doesnt make
much since when reading it with JAWS after saving it as .rtf. I see the
word results several times in a row. There are also someaudio
examples in the folder: one person increasing both a min and max price
using JAWS with Windows 7, one with Safari and VoiceOver, and one with
NVDA. These audio blips are only about 20 seconds long and dont really
go into any detail.
Finally, theres the Adobe Life Cycle folder which contains a .pdf
presentation. I cant read it because I havent updated my Acrobat
Reader yet. I'll get around to it someday.
Mary
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