ACCESSIBLE MEDIASchool of Media

ACCESSIBLE MEDIA Introduction Definition Interactions

Conclusion Questions session

INFORMATION FOR ALL

EST-CE QUE TU ME COMPRENDS? What if you are on holiday in a non

English speaking country ?

1st :-> Read the image

2nd :-> Read the letters to try and make sense of them

SOLUTIONS Multilingual signage

Images

THE WWW Flash and Non flash websites

Flash

FlashFlash

PASS PASS PASS

PASS

SINCE WE CAN MAKE THINGS MOVE, WHY NOT MAKE THINGS MOVE

1. Its is not accessible to all users… Such as users of Assistive Technologies

Text to speech readers

2. Promotes bad website design HTML is lost

3. Its annoying with moving graphics Distracting from the main goal of the website

ALTERNATIVES TO FLASH

HTML and CSS

DHTML (JavaScript + HTML/CSS)

PLEASING ALL : TV Subtitles Signers sign language

WHAT OTHER FORMS ARE THERE? Visual Audio Live

LIVE MEDIA Ard feis

Over heads Speaker notes Sign language interpreter

WHY ACCESSIBLE MEDIA The accessible media project

Brings more people to the world of media and therefore for companies can influence there turn over

Its forward thinking we will all be old some day

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