1. An Introduction to Technology Accessibility in the Workplace
Aaron Preece
Technical Consultant: Doug Bedsaul

2. Barriers to Employment for People with a Visual Impairment
Transportation
Employer attitudes
Accessibility to visual technology

3. Accessibility to Computers
Desktop Computers: Windows, Mac, Linux
Mobile Computers: iOS and Android
Windows has the most choices in regards to accessibility

4. Screen Readers
Present visual information on screen as spoken feedback using synthesized speech
Allows for alternative navigation options for navigating complex visual content such as webpages

5. Concatenated and Formant Synthetic Speech
Concatenated Speech
Formant Speech
Uses computer generated sound to form speech from instructions on the synthesizer
Uses recorded human speech to generate words

6. Popular Windows Screen Readers
Jaws for Windows
By Freedom Scientific
Commercial, price $895 for home edition
Window Eyes
By Ai Squared/GW Micro
Price $895 for single license or Free (Microsoft Office 2010 or later)
Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA)
By NV Access
Free and open source

7. Choosing a Screen Reader
Most comfortable command structure
Which screen reader will work with the programs the individual will be using
Modules for added functionality
JAWS scripts
Window Eyes Apps
NVDA Add-ons
Who can create them and what is the price?

8. Other Screen Readers and Operating Systems
Mobile screen readers for tablets and smartphones
Other desktop operating systems
Voiceover Apple OSX (Mac)
Orca - Speakup (Linux)
Vinux - Accessible Linux Distribution
Sonar - Accessible Linux distribution
VoiceOver iOS
TalkBack Android
Shine Android

9. Windows Screen Magnifiers
MAGic
By Freedom Scientific
Price: MAGic with Speech $595, MAGic without speech $39
ZoomText
By Ai Squared
Price: $399 for Magnifier, $599 for Magnifier/Reader
SuperNova Magnifier
By Dolphin Computer Access
Price: Supernova Magnifier $395, SuperNova Magnifier/Reader $595.

10. Screen Magnifiers Magnify the screen to a large degree
Allow for color/contrast customization for easier viewing
Font smoothing and other customizations to make reading and interacting with the operating system easier

11. Choosing a Magnifier Reader/Speech for magnifier
Additional text-to-speech to read the contents of the screen alongside magnification
Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android include basic screen magnifier with the operating system
All possess 60x magnification, color changing, and font smoothing
Differences in hotkeys, settings dialogues, and additional functions

12. Screen Magnifiers
The screen magnifier found in the Windows operating system enlarging the screen and altering system colors.

13. Multi-Function-Printers
Large copier/scanner/printer/etc. popular in office environments
Right: A Lexmark MFP (MX711de) compatible with Lexmark's Accessibility solutions.
Image of our Lexmark printer

14. Canon Voice Guidance and Operation Kits
External module that connects to imageRUNNER Device
Uses numerical keypad for navigation and text-to-speech to communicate options
Allows alteration of voice pitch, rate, and volume and provides two different voices to choose from
Voice Operation kit allows user to dictate commands but also allows keypad navigation
Voice Guidance Kit $750, Voice Operation Kit $1800

15. Canon Voice Guidance Kit
Image of Canon Voice Guidance Kit

16. Lexmark Accessibility Solution and Accessibility Speech
A webpage using standard HTML to allow access to functions
Can be used with many screen access solutions and devices because of use of basic HTML
Set up job from webpage
Enter code to start job on MFP
Accessibility Speech provides spoken prompts for status messages
Price for Accessibility Solution and Accessibility Speech $1000

17. Lexmark Accessibility Solution
Image of interface of Lexmark Accessibility Solution

18. Features of a Usable MFP
Well differentiated keys
Use of physical keys for navigation instead of a touchscreen
Earcons (Audio cues) for movement/selection of items
No wrapping menus

19. VoIP Phone
Cisco Systems VoIP phone

20. Voice Over Internet Protocol phones (VoIP phones)
Phones that make calls over the internet
Possess many features and functions e.g., record a call log, built in address book

21. VoIP Phone Accessibility Barriers
Inaccessible digital displays
Soft key inaccessibility

22. Solution: Softphones Software that simulates a physical VoIP phone
Found on many platforms
Can be accessible to screen readers and magnifiers

23. Accessaphone A softphone by Tenacity Operating
Accessible with screen readers and magnifiers; specifically engineered to be so
Usable with commercial VoIP systems including Cisco and NEC
Price: $1500 single license, $1000 three or more licenses

24. Accessaphone
Accessaphone's main screen

25. VTGO508 Compliant Softphone
An accessible softphone by IP Blue
Designed to be Section 508 compliant; mostly accessible using screen readers and magnifiers
Usable with Cisco's VoIP system
Price: $750 per license

26. VTGO508
VTGO508 Softphone’s main screen

27. 3CXPhone A mainstream softphone for the iOS platform By 3CX
Free on the iOS App Store
Usable but requires screen reader user to label static elements (contacts, settings, call log)
Is compatible with the SIP VoIP protocol.

28. 3CXPhone
3CX’s main screen on iPod Touch

29. Linphone A mainstream softphone on the iOS and Android platforms
By Belledonne Communications
Mostly accessible with screen reading software; dynamic content such as names is not accessible on iOS and would need to be changed in source code and recompiled
Accessible on Android
Free and open source on the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store
Supports the SIP VoIP protocol

30. Linphone
Linphone’s main screen

31. Usable Features of Physical VoIP Phones
Differentiated keys
Usable features of inaccessible physical VoIP phones
Keys only possess a single function
Sounds for phone function such as mute
Internal or external accessible voic and caller ID
No wrapping menus
Adjustable font/contrast on digital display

32. Resources Jaws for Windows: Window Eyes Product Page:
Window Eyes Product Page:
Window Eyes offer for users of Microsoft Office:
Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA):
VoiceOver OS X screen reader:
VoiceOver iOS screen reader:

33. Resources Continued
Google TalkBack Screen Reader Play Store product page:
Shine Android Screen Reader Play Store product page:
Orca Linux screen reader:
Speakup Linux screen reader:
Vinux accessible Linux distribution:
Sonar accessible Linux distribution

34. Resources Continued Overview of speech synthesis:
ZoomText Screen Magnifier:
MAGic Screen Magnifier
SuperNova Magnifier:
Canon Voice Guidance/Operation Kit:
Lexmark Accessibility Solution and Accessibility Speech:

35. Resources Continued Accessaphone accessible softphone:
VTGO508 softphone:
3CXPhone iOS App Store product page:
Linphone iOS App Store product page:
Linphone Play Store product page