INTEGRATING ACCESSIBILITY WEB AUTHORING TOOLS TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE MORE QUICKLY FCC Developing for Accessibility Washington DC 6-7 September 2012

DISCUSSION TOPICS  Global Accessibility Trends and Considerations.  Challenges in Creating Accessible Web Content.  Creating Compliant Content During Authoring.  EditLive Demonstration – Creating Accessible Content.  Integrations Tips and Considerations.  Useful Web Sites.

TYPICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY  What is accessible web content?  How many sight-impaired users and customers do I “really” have?

GLOBAL TRENDS WHY WEB ACCESSIBILITY MATTERS With the dramatic increase in the number of essential services and information sources on the web, web accessibility has become a major focus for advocacy groups, governments, and forward thinking businesses.  Convention of Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).  “Ensure equal access to persons with disabilities” W3C WCAG and US Section 508 Accessibility Guidelines.  Governments are increasing enforcement of guideline compliance. Regulatory Enforcement of Accessibility Guidelines is Increasing.

GLOBAL TRENDS DEMOGRAPHICS DRIVE ACCESSIBILITY NEED Demographics increasingly illustrate the need for and value of accessible websites in order to expand markets.  World Health Organization: “15% of the world’s population lives with a disability”.  U.S. Department of Labor: “20% of the U.S. population will be over 65 in 2030, experiencing some level of impairment”.  Microsoft: “In the U.S. alone, 74.2M computer users have impairments”. Persons with Disabilities are Ready to Become Regular Web Users. Source: Web Accessibility for Better Business Results, Automating Accessibility Compliance during Web Content Editing, G3ict 2012

WHY WEB ACCESSIBILITY MATTERS The objective of web investment is to easily share information externally, internally or between organizations.  Compelling content attracts more users  Accessible content:  Makes the web available to an increased number of users.  Supports web access on mobile devices.  Improves Search Engine Optimization (SEO).  Increases the return on web investment (ROI).  Protects the organization and the brand. Accessible Content Leads to Greater Usage and Better Business Results.

THE VALUE TO DEVELOPERS OF ACCESSIBLE TOOLS AND WEB CONTENT  Makes users more self-sufficient.  Accessible tools enhance usage.  Tables automatically made accessible.  Images are accessible.  Fewer support calls to do the work for users.

THE CHALLENGE IT IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT & EXPENSIVE TO:  Coordinate and Train all authors across organizations on:  Accessibility guidelines.  How to create accessible content.  Ensure content is made accessible at time of creation.  Fix accessibility errors after publication.  Authors often rely upon others to identify errors after publication.  Meet more and more aggressive deadlines. Authors Often Rely Upon Others to Make Content Accessible.

EDITLIVE! WEB AUTHORING TOOL  Leading authoring tool for creating accessible web content.  During content authoring, EditLive! users can:  Create content checked for compliance with both Section 508 and W3C’s Guidelines. Section 508 W3C’s Guidelines  Utilize “Accessibility as You Type” compliance checking.  Run comprehensive Accessibility reports.  Can work with any application used to create web content.  Web Content Management Systems, Social Media, eLearning, custom applications, etc. Creating Accessible Web Content During Authoring Reduces Cost

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IMPLEMENTATION TIPS EDITLIVE! IN APPLICATIONS  Encoding:  Consistency needed across application.  Configuration File:  Hide unneeded capabilities.  (X)HTML.  Copy / Paste Preferences.  CSS:  Make it easy to apply CSS classes!

IMPLEMENTATION GOTCHAS EDITLIVE! IN APPLICATIONS  Local Images:  EditLive manages the upload process.  Form Submission Lifecycle:  Loading content via onInitComplete.  URL Encode your content.  Sync vs. Async during form submission.  JavaScript Frameworks:  Show / Hide / Resize of editor.  showInElement() vs. show().

EDITLIVE! LINKS TO GET YOU STARTED  EditLive Accessibility Features EditLive Accessibility Features  EditLive Feature Tour EditLive Feature Tour  Demo EditLive Online Demo EditLive Online  Download EditLive Download EditLive  EditLive Support EditLive Support  EditLive Product Documentation EditLive Product Documentation

ENTERPRISE TINYMCE ACCESSIBLE JAVASCRIPT RICH TEXT EDITOR WAI-ARIA Compliance for TinyMCE:  Developed by Ephox, contributed to the community.  Keyboard Feature Navigation.  Screen Reader ARIA State Detection.  High Contrast Mode.

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