Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques 1 Accessibility Testing ► Accessibility Validators – Page by Page ► Listening to Your Pages ► Screenreaders/Talking Browsers ► Accessibility Reports ► Practical Testing Plan

Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques 2 Accessibility Validators - Page by Page ► WebXact ► The Wave ► Web Developer for Firefox (extension) ► Accessibility Toolbar for IE Accessibility Testing Requires the Human Brain Approximately 27% of Accessibility Issues can be tested automated

Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques 3 Tool+- WebXact ► *New tool from the folks at Watchfire (replaces bobby) ► Excellent resource ► Doesn’t have visual info you used to get from Bobby Wave ► Good for seeing “reading order” & alt text ► Report not as intuitive ► Doesn’t explain how to solve problems Accessibility Toolbar ► Great tool that combines many accessibility validators and simulations ► Only available on PC/IE Web Developer Toolbar ► Fantastic tool that combines many accessibility tools ► Only available in Firefox Accessibility Validators - Page by Page

Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques 4 Evaluation of Free Accessibility Tools ►

Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques 5 Testing a Site ► ► WebXact – webxact.watchfire.comwebxact.watchfire.com ► The Wave - ► Web Developer Toolbar for Firefox ► Accessibility Toolbar for IE

Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques 6 Listening to your pages The real test – can users with disabilities actually use your site? Two examples of assistive technology JAWS by Freedom Scientific – popular screen reading software. Uses internal speech synthesizer and computer’s sound card to read info from computer screen aloud. Home Page Reader by IBM – a web access tool for blind and low vision users.

Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques 7 Demo of Home Page Reader ► Home Page Reader – a talking browser ► Listen to UT Home Page ► Link Lists ► Skip to Main ► Listen to Dreamworks ► ► Listen to Marvin Garden’s ►

Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques 8 Demo of JAWS ► JAWS – a true screenreader for PCs ► reads IE, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Desktop… ► Listen to UT Home Page ► Links on page ► Link Lists – alpha and page order ► Listen to Dreamworks ► ► Listen to Marvin Garden’s ►

Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques 9 LIFT Machine ► Tests entire sites for accessibility ► Builds accessibility reports ► Results by checkpoints ► Checkpoints expanded

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Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques Test with your browser ‣ Turn off images, Don’t use the mouse, Turn off your speakers, Increase font size, Change window size. 2. Testing with Toolbars ‣ Turn off CSS, Turn off Javascript, Set to Greyscale, Display Structure (Headings, Lists…) 3. Run online Accessibility Tests on representative pages ‣ use more than one tool, example: WebXact & Wave 4. Listen to your pages ‣ JAWS or HomePage Reader 5. If you have access, Run a LIFT Report 6. Hands on Accessibility Testing with Users who have disabilities A Practical Testing Plan

Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques 14 Hands On Exercise Testing Tools ► Test any website(s) you choose using ► webxact.watchfire.com webxact.watchfire.com ► ► IE Accessibility Toolbar ► Firefox Web Developer Toolbar