#accessibility (539 links)
The prime rule is: Consider what the page looks like or sounds like when images are not shown. Then, write for each image an alt text that best works as a replacement.
- Latest Accessibility News on Accessify | UKUPA presentation: What does PAS 78 mean for accessibility? accessify.com · Archived on
Friday 28th April, 6.30pm for 6.45pm, Free for UPA members, £10 for Non UPA members (£5 for students).
The WaiZilla project is the first open source project aimed at producing a cross platform web-site accessibility testing tool.
- A List Apart: Articles: A More Accessible Map alistapart.com
Is there a way to display text-based data on a map, keeping it accessible, useful and visually attractive? Yes: using an accessible CSS-based map in which the underlying map data is separated from the visual layout.
- Skip Navigation jimthatcher.com
"An analysis/study of techniques for "skip navigation" links (also "skip to main content" links) which resulted from an assignment I had in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines working group, Techniques task group."
A simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It's a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.
- Accessibility Color Wheel gmazzocato.altervista.org
Content managers often turn a blind eye to the hundreds of thousands of PDF files sitting on their servers, downloaded every day... and 99% of them, hideously inaccessible, and utterly non-compliant with Section 508.
A step-by-step guide that covers the basics for creating and optimizing Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files so that they can be made accessible to users with disabilities such as blindness or low vision.
- Defining Acrobat PDF Accessibility webaim.org
In order for a PDF to be truly accessible two conditions must be met
- Shaw Trust User Testing - Blether blether.com
It became very clear to me just how inadequate [checking against WCAG, using simple tests like increasing text size, browsing with Lynx, and navigating with keyboard] was in truly determining whether or not the site was accessible
Accessible, usable websites built with universality and standards in mind need not be boring
BCS interviews Sir Tim: "Another important area of professionalism is accessibility awareness. Everyone should be accommodated, especially when around 20 per cent of the population have special requirements."
- Juicy Studio: Complex Table Inspector juicystudio.com
"Developers are encouraged to use summary, headers, axis, scope, and abbr for complex data tables to aid usability and accessibility. To help developers determine if they've used those features correctly, I've created a complex table inspector bookmark th
- BenToWeb Home Page bentoweb.org
A research project financed by the Information Society Technologies Programme of the European Commission priority of the Sixth Framework Programme (Action Line e-Inclusion).
An easy to use HTML validator implementation which doesn't use the official W3C DTD's. It rather validates HTML documents using it's own schema definitions written in Relax NG with embedded Schematron patterns.
- EIAO — Main eiao.net
"The EIAO project will establish the technical basis for a European Internet Accessibility Observatory. Frequently updated assessment data will be available online from a data warehouse providing a basis for benchmarking, policymaking, research and action
- GrayBit v0.5 Beta: Grayscale Conversion Contrast Accessibility Tool - Main Page - Presented by GrayBit graybit.com · Archived on
An online accessibility testing tool designed to visually convert a full-color web page into a grayscale rendition for the purpose of visually testing the page’s perceived contrast.
- From DHTML to DOM scripting - an hands-on example of how to replace outdated JavaScript techniques. icant.co.uk · Archived on
The article takes a normal web development task of creating a dynamic web page with a tabbed interface, a popping-up product shot and a slide show and shows two ways of reaching the same result
- JAWS for Windows 7.10 Public Beta freedomscientific.com
- Evaluating website accessibility: Part 3, Digging Deeper | 456 Berea Street 456bereastreet.com · Archived on
In this final article of the series I will explain some aspects of website accessibility that are difficult to test with automated tools and require more time and/or experience to evaluate manually.
- BBC NEWS | Technology | New standards for website access news.bbc.co.uk
- Accessify Forum: PAS 78 Launch event feedback accessifyforum.com
- UsabilityExchange :: Welcome usabilityexchange.com
Could be interesting...
- deconcept › A modern approach to Flash SEO blog.deconcept.com
"Search engine optimization is one of the most popular subjects when nerds sit around and talk about Flash. “Does Google index your swf files?” seems to be the most popular question [...] The real answer to this question, once and for all, is this: It
- Creating Accessible Macromedia Flash Content webaim.org
For individuals with disabilities, Flash can introduce unique accessibility problems.
- Evaluating Website Accessibility Part 2, Basic Checkpoints | 456 Berea Street 456bereastreet.com · Archived on
The second article of three in a series of articles explaining how to perform a website accessibility evaluation.
- Accessible Heading Icons : Tutorial : Paul Michael Smith paulmichaelsmith.com
- A List Apart: Articles: Home Page Goals alistapart.com
The home page is your first impression. And like the old saying goes, you only get one chance. So home pages themselves have a unique set of design goals.
- Juicy Studio: User-Defined Access Keys juicystudio.com
"Access keys are a contentious area of accessibility, as they can sometimes clash with the shortcut keys used by user agents. One method to get around this problem is to allow users to define their own access keys. This post suggests a PHP class that allo
- Juicy Studio: Writing a Good Accessibility Statement juicystudio.com
Accessibility statements are an ideal place to empower visitors to your website. Most accessibility statements are too technical, and don't necessarily address the needs of the visitor. Those that do address the needs of visitors often have the informatio
- Accessify Forum: Accessibility Discussion Forums accessifyforum.com
- Juicy Studio: Form Help without Popups juicystudio.com
- Accesskey standards | clagnut/blog clagnut.com
The UK Government provides accessibility guidelines to which all its websites should comply. These guidelines state:
- Robert’s talk » Why do we have to fight? robertnyman.com
- WAT-C Web Accessibility Tools Consortium wat-c.org
The Web Accessibility Tools Consortium [WAT-C] provides a collection of free tools to assist both developers and designers in the development and testing of accessible web content.
- The Man in Blue > Accessible, stylish form layout themaninblue.com