1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques 4 Evaluation of Free Accessibility Tools ► www.webaim.org/techniques/articles/freetools/www.webaim.org/techniques/articles/freetools/

5. Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques 5 Testing a Site ► http://www.geocaching.comhttp://www.geocaching.com ► WebXact – webxact.watchfire.comwebxact.watchfire.com ► The Wave - www.wave.webaim.orgwww.wave.webaim.org ► Web Developer Toolbar for Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=60 https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=60 ► Accessibility Toolbar for IE http://www.nils.org.au/ais/web/resources/toolbar/ http://www.nils.org.au/ais/web/resources/toolbar/

6. 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. www.freedomscientific.comwww.freedomscientific.com Home Page Reader by IBM – a web access tool for blind and low vision users. www.ibm.com/able/ www.ibm.com/able/

7. 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 ► http://www.dreamworks.com/ http://www.dreamworks.com/ ► Listen to Marvin Garden’s ► http://www.thegarden.com http://www.thegarden.com

8. 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 ► http://www.dreamworks.com/ http://www.dreamworks.com/ ► Listen to Marvin Garden’s ► http://www.thegarden.com http://www.thegarden.com

9. 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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11. Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques 11

12. Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques 12

13. Copyright © 2005 Knowbility, Inc. Accessible Web Design Techniques 13 1. 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

14. 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 ► www.wave.webaim.org www.wave.webaim.org ► IE Accessibility Toolbar ► Firefox Web Developer Toolbar