1. Designing a Web Site for the Blind Opening overview Who we are Guy Ball – guy.ball@unisys.comguy.ball@unisys.com Kynn Bartlett – kynn@idyllmtn.com Overview of presentation

2. What is the Problem? Problems viewers have

3. Problems for the Blind & Visually Impaired Difficulty using a screen reader Can’t see images & animation Can’t see certain colors & font sizes Don’t use a mouse (Keyboard only) Navigation problems Variations of vision impairment

4. Access Methods Screen readers and speaking browsers audibly render web and UI content Braille terminals Screen Magnifiers

5. Common Myths About Accessibility Accessible web pages are dull, with just boring plain text. Accessible web authoring is expensive and time-consuming. Web accessibility is too difficult for the average web designer. Disabled people don’t use the web. Good assistive technology can solve all accessibility problems.

6. Why Should I/We Care Legal (ADA, Sect. 508!) Humanistic Business Sense ($$$)

7. What to Do? Checking your site Basic coding changes Major coding/design changes

8. Resources Web sites (W3C, 508, AWARE, MS, Adobe) Classes (online like HWG Accessible Web Design) Books (Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities)

9. Resources – 2 General Web Accessibility Resources: AWARE Center: www.awarecenter.org/www.awarecenter.org Web Accessibility In Mind: www.webaim.org/www.webaim.org Web Accessibility Initiative: www.w3.org/WAI/ Testing and Repair Resources IBM Home Page Reader: www.ibm.com/able/www.ibm.com/able/ Bobby: www.cast.org/bobbywww.cast.org/bobby A-Prompt: aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca/ W3C HTML Validator: validator.w3.org/ Document and Application Accessibility Adobe Access Site: access.adobe.com/ Microsoft Accessiblity Site: www.microsoft.com/enable/

10. Resources – 3 Implications of Web Accessibility Web Accessibility Myths: www.awarecenter.org/why/myths.html/www.awarecenter.org/why/myths.html/ Legal Mandates: www.icdri.org/cynthia_waddell.htm/www.icdri.org/cynthia_waddell.htm/ Section 508: www.section508.gov/www.section508.gov/ Training and Tutorials HWG Online Course: access.idyllmtn.com/d201/ Cascading Style Sheets: www.webreview.com/style/

11. Thank you for your interest!