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Web AccessibilityPrepared by Cynthia D. Waddell
ITU Senior Accessibility ConsultantExecutive Director, International
Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Mainstreaming ICT Accessibility for
Persons with Disabilities
25-27 August 2009 Bangkok, ThailandOrganized by ITU and ESCAP
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Overview
Connectivity v. Accessible WebAccessible Web BenefitsTechnical Standards for DesignUN Convention on Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesWeb Barriers & Accessibility SolutionsResources
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Connectivity v. Accessible Web
Internet Connectivity Is Not Accessibility– A Person with a Disability can be online
and connected BUT NOT able to access the content of a website
– A Website designed using Accessible Web Standards Enables Persons with Disabilities to access the content of a website
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Accessible Web Benefits
Benefits Persons with Disabilities AND Persons without Disabilities– Social Benefits– Technical Benefits– Financial Benefits
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Social Benefits
Promotes Equal Opportunity for Persons with DisabilitiesBenefits Persons Without Disabilities:– Older Adults– People with Low Literacy– People with Low Bandwidth Connections to
the Internet and Older Technologies– People who are New & Infrequent Web
Users
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Technical Benefits
Reduces Web Site Development and Maintenance TimeReduces Server LoadEnables Content on Different Configurations and Promotes InteroperabilityPrepares for Advances in Web Technologies
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Technical Benefits
Reduces Web Site Development and Maintenance TimeReduces Server LoadEnables Content on Different Configurations and Promotes InteroperabilityPrepares for Advances in Web Technologies
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Financial Benefits
Enables Increased Web Site Use & Reduces Maintenance CostsReduces Transaction and Service Costs by Enabling Users to Access Information and Complete Transactions OnlineDecreases Cost of Upgrading to New Technologies
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Technical Standards for Design
Emergence of Technical Standards for Accessible Design of ICT– US: Section 508 Electronic and Information
Technology Accessibility Standards at 36 CFR Part 1194.22
– Japan: JIS X8341-3 – Industry Standards- W3C WCAG 1.0
(1999); WCAG 2.0 (2008)
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Technical Standards for Design
At least 26 Countries Around the World Adopted Accessible Web Design as a Policy or Law prior to the UNCRPDImplementation of US Section 508 Accessible Web Rules, W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or a HybridSee 2006 Global Survey Published in Web Accessibility: Web Standards & Regulatory Compliance
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UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Rights of 650 Million Persons with Disabilities and Impacts 2 Billion Persons including Family Members of Persons with DisabilitiesUNCRPD Opened for Signature in march 2007; Entered into Legal Force 3 May 2008139 Signatories; 58 Ratifications82 Signatories to Optional Protocol; 36 Ratifications
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UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Monitoring Committee– Housed in the Office of the High
Commissioner on Human Rights and First Meeting Held February 2009
Article 25: Reports by State Parties– Each State shall submit a comprehensive
Report on measures taken to meet obligations under the Convention
– First Reports to be in 2010; Subsequent Reports every 4 years
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Web Accessibility- Countries
Hungary- Although no specific legislation requires accessible public or private web sites, there is tendency to implement W3C WCAG per 1998 equality legislation
Lithuania- 2003 Resolution No. 1054 requires public websites to be accessible and standards are based on W3C WCAG
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Web Accessibility- Countries
Tunisia- Presidential Decision, 24 February 2007 calls for Government Websites to be Accessible According to W3C Web Accessibility Initiative by end of 2009Government RFP at http://www.infocom.tn/fileadmin/Documentation/e_accessibilite/avis_manifestation_d_interet_definitive.pdf
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UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Article 9 Accessibility– Requires States Parties to ensure access
on an Equal Basis to information and communications, including ICT and systems AND emergency services (1)
– Requires Identification and Elimination of Barriers to accessibility (1)
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UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Article 9: Accessibility – Requires implementation of minimum
standards & guidelines for accessibility of services (2a)
– Ensure that private entities offering services to the public take into account accessibility (2b)
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UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Article 9: Accessibility – Requires training for stakeholders on
accessibility issues (2c)– States Parties must promote access to new
ICT and systems, including the Internet (2g) and
– States Parties must promote ICT at early stage to minimize cost (2h)
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Web Barriers
Web Design Historically Has Not Included Accessible Design for Persons with DisabilitiesWeb Developers have Lacked Training, Tools & Resources to Design Accessibly; Web Tools Would Break AccessibilityGovernments & Businesses Had No Incentive to Address Accessible Design
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Web Barriers
An Inaccessible Web:Prevents Screen Reader Software from Reading Text Out Loud to Persons who are Blind or Have Specific Learning DisabilitiesCan be a Barrier for People with Busy Eyes, Or Work in a Dark Room Or Have a Slow Modem
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Screen Reader Resource
Six Minute Video Clip of Neal Ewers, a Blind Software Engineer, Using a
Screen Readerhttp://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/video/intro.asp
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Web Barriers
An Inaccessible Web:Images that Contain Content: Pictures, Charts, GraphsPDF DocumentsOnline Forms Missing Labels
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Accessibility Solution
Images-Pictures: Add “Alt” attributes or Alternative TextImages-Charts/Graphs: Add Link that Describes the Chart/GraphPDF Documents: Tag the PDF for Structure OR Also Post an Accessible FormatOnline Forms: Techniques for W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/
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Web Barriers
An Inaccessible Web:People with Mobility Disabilities Need Keyboard Access when They Cannot Use a MousePeople who have Busy Hands, Or Limited Dexterity Or No Hands Available
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Accessibility Solution
An Accessible Web:Provides Logical Linear Tab OrderProvides Device Independence so that Mouse is Not Required for OperationExposes Content for All DevicesImplements Techniques for W3C WCAG 1.0 or 2.0
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Web Barriers
An Inaccessible Web:People Using Speech Technology Input Cannot Access Web ContentPeople with Low Vision Cannot Increase Web Text Size
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Accessibility Solution
An Accessible Web:Implements Accessibility Standards W3C WCAG 1.0 or 2.0Uses Relative Rather than Absolute Units in Markup so that Text can be Resized by User without Breaking Layout
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Web Barriers
An Inaccessible Web:People who are Deaf Cannot Access Audio- Streaming or Multi-Media that are not CaptionedPeople who Cannot Hear in a Noisy Room Need Captioning
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Accessibility Solution
An Accessible Web:Provides Captioning for Audio in Multi-mediaTry MAGpie (Media Access Generator) to Create Captions and Audio Description for Rich Media- Free Software at ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/
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Accessibility Solution
An Accessible Web:Uses Captioning Feature for Audio on YouTube VideosAllows User to Turn Captioning On/OffSee www.youtube.com/t/captions_about
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Web Barriers
Online Conferencing Applications– Many Rely on Audio Only with no text
alternative for People with Speech or Hearing Loss
– Many Do not Work with Assistive Computer Technologies
– Some allow for Text Alternative of Captioning Services, but Fail to Provide Ability to Resize Captioning Window
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Accessibility Solution
Online Conferencing Applications– Should be compatible with Captioning
Services– Should work with Assistive Technologies
(AT) such as screen readers, screen magnifiers & speech recognition systems
Example of Accessible Online Conferencing Application at www.onlineconferencingsystems.com
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Accessibility Solution
Web Based Captioning Services– Enables people with hearing and speech
disabilities to follow online what is being said during a teleconference meeting or a conference
– User can go online and read the text of the audio stream onto a website; website allows chat text for questions and comments
– Example of Service Provider: CaptionFirst www.captionfirst.com
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Resources
See Workshop Bibliography Including: Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance by Jim Thatcher, Cynthia Waddell et al
Published by Apress 2006
ISBN: 1-59059-638-2 Published in Japanese 2007 ISBN: 978-4-8399-2220-7
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Resources Free Web Accessibility Checkers
Cynthia Says – www.cynthiasays.com
The WAVE – Wave.webaim.org – Wave Firefox Toolbar
Vision Australia Web Accessibility Toolbar
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/ais/toolbar/
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Contact
Cynthia WADDELLITU Senior Accessibility ConsultantExecutive DirectorInternational Center for Disability Resources on the Internet (ICDRI)E-mail: [email protected]: www.icdri.org