© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc1 Inspect What You Expect: Testing & Implementation

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc2 Ensuring Accessibility Testing Tools User Testing Implement & Maintain

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc3 Validity: Building to Code HTML & XHTML Validation validator.w3.org/validator.w3.org/ CSS Validation jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc4 Accessibility Testing Tools Accessibility/Web Standards Validators Page by Page Listening to Your Pages JAWS / Fangs Authoring Tools Dreamweaver Enterprise Accessibility Reports LIFT & WebXM

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc5 Accessibility Validators- Page by Page CSS/XHTML Validators WebXact The Wave Web Developer for Firefox Accessibility Toolbar for IE Luminosity Contrast Ratio Analyser Accessibility Tools can only automatedly test approximately 27% of the issues. Accessibility Testing requires human brain power!

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc6 Evaluation of Free Accessibility Testing Tools links to free online accessibility testing tools

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc7 Testing a Site WebXact Wave HTML Validator (Firefox Extension) Web Developer (Firefox Extension) Luminosity Contrast Ratio Analyser analyser-firefox-extension.php#downloadextension

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc8 Listening to Your Site The real test: Can users with disabilities actually use your site? Listen to representative pages of site using JAWS JAWS screenreader Fangs screenreader emulator standards-schmandards.com/projects/fangs standards-schmandards.com/projects/fangs

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc9 Hurting My Ears tes/2000/kilby-autobio.htmlhttp://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laurea tes/2000/kilby-autobio.html

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc10 Enterprise Tools Define URL, spider profile Select testing criteria Review reports Results by checkpoints Checkpoints expanded Resources – How to fix Previews of pages

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc11 LIFT Machine

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc12 Defining a Project in LIFT

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc17 WebXM

Watchfire WebXM

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc22 User Testing Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design By Shawn Henry Accessibility is a subset of Usability Testing.

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc23 The Importance of User Testing

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc24 A Practical Testing Plan 1.Code Validation 2.Browser Testing Turn off images Don’t use the mouse Increase font size Change window size 3.Online Accessibility Testing (representative pages) use more than one tool, example: Watchfire & Wave 4.Screenreader Testing JAWS 5.Enterprise Accessibility Report like Lift or WebXM 6.Hands-on Accessibility Testing

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc25 Software Development Life Cycle Accessibility

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc26 Create an Accessibility Plan 1.Gather Baseline Information 2.Gain Top Level Support 3.Organize Web Accessibility Group 4.Define a Standard 5.Create an Implementation Plan 6.Provide Training and Technical Support 7.Monitor Conformance 8.Remain Flexible Through Changes WebAim 8 Step Implementation Model

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc27 State of Texas Accessibility Plan 1.Gather Baseline Information 2.Gain Top Level Support 3.Web Accessibility Group 4.Define a Standard 5.Create Implementation Plan 6.Training & Tech Support 7.Monitor Conformance 8.Remain Flexible 1.upcoming DIR survey 2.Brian Rawson, CTO 3.Under development 4.TAC /Section Under Development Under Development 8.Up to You! 1.upcoming DIR survey 2.Brian Rawson, CTO 3.Under development 4.TAC /Section Under development 6.www1.dir.state.tx.us/accessibility 7.Under development 8.Up to You!

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc28 Implementation Strategy - Prioritize Top 10% of pages based on use Critical Pages (required for your business purpose) Audience Public Members Employees Geeks

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc29 Implementation Strategies Accessible (immediately, no excuses) All new or revised pages Top 10% pages (based on analytics) Critical pages Accessibility pages Accessible by (date) Legacy Web Pages * * encourages archive of old / outdated pages!

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc30 Implementation – Work Smart Tools that Support Accessibility HTML Authoring Tools Enterprise Wide Testing Tools Web Templates MS Word / PDF Select a readable font (avoid italics) Do not use text boxes Avoid underlines (except for links) Use Headings and Lists Include Alt Text for Images Use Table Editor to create data tables Do NOT use Tables for Layout Use Word Templates Provide user feedback method

© 2007 All rights reserved. Knowbility, Inc31 It is up to you