1. Birkbeck University of London Business Workshop Introduction to web accessibility workshop © 2001-2007 Copyright Janet Billinge

2. Agenda Welcome and introduction to workshop Introduction to WebCT Accessibility awareness WCAG Guidelines Workshop Ex 1: Evaluate accessibility Screen readers (IBM Home Page Reader HPR, Jaws) Text-only browser (Lynx) Browser (Keyboard only access, no images, monochrome, user- defined stylesheet) Testing tools: Bobby, AWave, Vischeck, Dreamweaver Workshop Ex 2: Evaluate accessibility of your websites using checklist adapted from IBM Web Accessibility Checklist Self study exercise: Convert web pages to be accessible

3. Web accessibility – Why? Increase market Access hard to reach market Higher ranking on search engines (google) Comply with law DDA Disability Discrimination Act, SENDA Special Educational Needs Act

4. Disabilities Visual impairments (blindness, low vision, colour blindness) Hearing impairments Motor impairments Learning disability e.g. dyslexia Cognitive impairments

5. Assistive technologies used in workshop Text-only browser lynx.browser.org/ Simulation of Lynx www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html lynx.browser.org/ www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html HPR IBM Home Page Reader (www- 306.ibm.com/able/solution_offerings/hpr.html )www- 306.ibm.com/able/solution_offerings/hpr.html JAWS (www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws.asp) ( www.hj.com/fs_downloads/jaws.asp 30 day evaluation version)www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws.asp www.hj.com/fs_downloads/jaws.asp Browsers - using only keyboard and/or ENTER and TAB to access content, using user-defined stylesheet

6. Tools used in workshop Browser set with images off Browser set to display grey scale Vischeck – free colour blind testing tools www.vischeck.com/ www.vischeck.com/ Dreamweaver MX 2004 Accessibility Checker Bobby webxact.watchfire.com/ (free version only for testing single pages) webxact.watchfire.com/ IBM ADesigner (accessibility checker for visual disabilities http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/acc_tech/adesigner_e.htm ) http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/acc_tech/adesigner_e.htm