CONTROLSITE & Accessibility Independence for All Presented by: John Leal Goss Interactive Production Team

Overview Introduction to Presentation Accessibility and the production cycle –Design Stage Considerations –Production and Testing Considerations CONTROLSITE & Accessibility Accessible Website Example

Design Stage Considerations Design Specialists and Technical Production Specialists work as team during Design phase of project. CONTROLSITE major impact on overall design and accessibility. CONTROLSITE overview…

Delivery MechanismContent Management Design Stage Considerations CONTROLSITE CONTROLSITE Content Management Text only website for screen reader Mobile phones PDA WAP Graphical Website Database

Design Stage Considerations How to deliver the content ? One design to all users –Styles with proportional font sizes –Graphical Text vs ‘Pure’ Text –Design holds after font changes –Visual features

Design Stage Considerations How to deliver the content ? Visual Content Issues User Interface Issues –Main Navigation layout –Links to other information

Design Stage Considerations How to deliver the content ? Multi-Channel Display »Graphically biased display »Text-based display (optional audio via text reader) –Appropriate navigation location –Users’ Choice –Equivalent alternate content

Design Stage Considerations Technical Specification Advice designer of technical limitations or new features that are possible. Detail specification to include appropriate accessibility CONTROLSITE set up to include provision for equivalent alternative content Specify website user details to collect and store display preferences

Production and Testing Considerations Based on D & S build site to meet accessibility guidelines. –WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines »Initial build based loosely on guidelines »Test site with Bobby »Review code to meet Priority 1, and 2 & 3 where appropriate Easier with practice ! Some accessibility depends on Content Contributors rather than code …

CONTROLSITE & Accessibility Overall consistent structure of website. Navigation Page contents Additional links to other pages, websites etc

CONTROLSITE & Accessibility Content contributors can apply accessibility Accessible content (Guideline 1 – Equivalent Alternatives ) –Description in alt tags –Text transcripts etc for video/audio/images Article extras –Access Keys / Keyboard shortcuts CONTROLSITE Meta Data Article Editor (Guidelines 3.5, 3.6 appropriate mark-up) –Apply heading tags –Correct format of list items etc

Accessible Website Example North Cornwall District Council Text Only - User Display Preferences –Colour –Text Size and Font Text Only – Screen Reader

Conclusion Respond to client demand for accessible sites Encourage clients to consider accessibility of site Strive to improve, open to new ideas Content of all CONTROLSITE websites held in a Database, so if new accessible techniques or methods, able to respond with new display output.