Copyright © 2014, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. ACCESSIBLE ANALYTICS USING SAS ED SUMMERS SENIOR MANAGER OF ACCESSIBILITY

Copyright © 2014, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. MISSION The mission of the SAS accessibility tribe is to enable people of all abilities to access the power of analytics.

Copyright © 2014, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. MOTIVATIONS Enable real people to do real work Delightful experience for all users Workforce sustainability Level AA compliance with WCAG 2.0

Copyright © 2014, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. REMEDIATION PLANS Established WCAG 2.0 AA as an R&D standard for all products, documentation training, and support materials in June 2014 All products are expected to meet that standard as they transition from existing technologies to HTML5 Armistead Sapp Executive Vice President of R&D and Chief Technology Officer Armistead Sapp Executive Vice President of R&D and Chief Technology Officer

Copyright © 2014, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. PRIORITIES Consumers of analytics … Access charts, graphs, and reports on the web View reports on a tablet Download open data and its metadata Producers of analytics … Extract, transform, and load data Cleanse, match, and de-duplicate data Build models Design reports Consumers Producers

Copyright © 2014, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Each product team owns responsibility for accessibility Supported by centralized core team of accessibility SMEs within the SAS Design team SMEs are experts on WCAG, assistive technologies, ARIA SMEs provide testing and consulting services SMEs teach classes on a quarterly basis: WCAG, screen readers, ARIA SMEs host a weekly “accessibility clinic” Video: Accessibility Day at SAS Accessibility Day at SAS

Copyright © 2014, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. SAS DOCUMENTATION Accessibility features defined for most products Proper use of headings Proper markup for tables Scalable graphics Demo of equations in alternate formats

Copyright © 2014, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. SAS EDUCATION Training materials available in alternative formats Training materials available prior to class Sign language interpreter available upon request New HTML5 eLearning container is almost WCAG 2.0 AA Demo of captions and transcripts in SAS Programming 1 eLearning course

Copyright © 2014, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. SAS ENTERPRISE GUIDE Primary interface for statistical analysis Create output for the web, tablets, print Recent progress: high contrast theme, keyboard, screen reader, refreshable braille display Demo of SAS Enterprise Guide with JAWS

Copyright © 2014, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. SAS VISUAL ANALYTICS Zoom Customizable focus indicator Customizable themes including High Contrast Landmarks Keyboard interaction Video: Landmarks in SAS Visual AnalyticsLandmarks in SAS Visual Analytics

Copyright © 2014, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. SAS MOBILE BI Zoom Customizable themes including High Contrast Many low vision features Compatible with VoiceOver screen reader Video: SAS Mobile BI low vision featuresSAS Mobile BI low vision features Video: Using SAS Mobile BI with VoiceOverUsing SAS Mobile BI with VoiceOver

Copyright © 2014, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. FUTURE: ACCESSIBLE DATA VISUALIZATION ~285 million people with visual impairments do not have equal access to data visualizations Text descriptions are not sufficient Tables are not sufficient Tactile graphics are too expensive and require sighted assistance Demo of Reach for the Stars

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