Accessibility First! David Kelleher

Accessibility First! Agenda Disabilities and Accommodations  Visual  Hearing  Physical  Cognitive Accessibility First! Recommendations  When?  How? Exercises and Demonstrations  Color Blindness Testing  Contrast Testing  Closed Captioning & Transcription  Keyboard Navigation Testing  Flesch Kincaid Reading Level  Dyslexia Simulation  Distractibility Simulation  Microsoft Office Accessibility  Accessible PDF Documents  HTML5 Forms and Screen Readers

Disabilities and Accommodations

Visual Disabilities  Blindness  Color Blindness  Low Vision Solutions:  Screen Readers  Document Structuring, Alternative Text for Images, Descriptive Video  Color Blindness Simulation Testing  Color Contrast Analysis

Hearing Disabilities  Deafness  Hearing Impairment Solutions:  Closed Captions for Video  Written Transcripts Video and Audio Podcasts

Physical Disabilities  Paralysis  Motor Control Solutions:  Keyboard Navigation Support  Speech Recognition

Cognitive Disabilities  Learning Disabilities  Brain Injury  Age Related Disease  Solutions:  Flesch Kincaid Reading Level Analysis

Exercises and Demonstrations

Color Blindness Testing Color Oracle Free Color Blindness Simulator for Windows, Mac, and Linux

Contrast Testing Color Contrast Analyzer Free WCAG 2.0 Contrast Pass/Fail Assessment for Windows and Mac

Closed Captioning & Transcription Closed Captions in YouTube Directions for automatic caption generation and editing Transcripts for Videos and Podcasts Comparison of DIY, voice recognition, open source, crowdsourced, and commercial transcription generation options

Keyboard Navigation WebAIM Keyboard Accessibility Guidance for creating keyboard accessible content and list of common keystroke shortcuts

Flesch Kincaid Reading Level Readability Score Free website service for measuring the readability of content

Dyslexia Simulator WebAIM Dyslexia Simulator Experience some common symptoms of dyslexia

Distractibility Simulator WebAIM Distractibility Simulator Experience the frustrations similar to what someone with certain cognitive disabilities may experience on the Web

Microsoft Office Accessibility Word Accessibility Excel Accessibility PowerPoint Accessibility Microsoft’s guidance for making Office documents more accessible

Accessible PDF Document Acrobat Accessibility Adobe’s guidance for making accessible PDF documents

Screen Reader Simulation WebAIM Screen Reader Simulation Experience a screen reader and learn how inaccessible content affects screen reader users

Recommendations!

When to do Accessibility?  Include requirements in RFPs (Request for Proposals)  Evaluating concepts  When designing mockups  When writing first drafts  Initial code development  Teaching students, before assigning work Accessibility First!

How to do Accessibility?  Advocate for accessibility  Take advantage of expert resources  Define responsibilities (involve everyone)  Choose compliant technologies  Engage disabled users during design Additional Resources: WGBH Accessible Digital Media Guidelines

Accessibility First! David Kelleher