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an Introduction to Accessibility Whys and Hows
UniversalDesignforDigitalContent
Radina Matic
radina.matic@ub.edu @RadinaMatic
RadinaMatic
- translator & technical writer
- open software & technology enthusiast
Web and Data Visualization at
Rectory Stats Office, University of Barcelona
a11y
Foundation for Learning Equality
radina.matic@ub.edu @RadinaMatic
What’stheStory
- Who?
- Why?
- When?
- How? https://www.flickr.com/photos/sunraven0/5451897212/
WHO?
Who
World Health Organization fact sheet from 2014
People living in Europe
(742 millions)
Disabled people in the world
(1000 millions)
Who
EU-Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) from 2014
Millions!
Who
- Temporary disability
http://selouk.me/2013/10/31/7-things-i-learned-from-wearing-an-eyepatch/
Who
- Temporary disability
- Situational disability
http://selouk.me/2013/10/31/7-things-i-learned-from-wearing-an-eyepatch/
Who
- Temporary disability
- Situational disability
- Permanent
”Technology is the limb I never had.”
Joanne O’Riordan
http://selouk.me/2013/10/31/7-things-i-learned-from-wearing-an-eyepatch/
EVERYONE
Who
- Visual
- Auditory
- Mobility
- Cognitive
http://blog.sciencedirect.com/posts/enabling-people-of-all-abilities-to-access-content-quickly-and-easily
Who
Visual
http://neomam.com/interactive/13reasons/
Who
Visual
http://www.eldiario.es/hojaderouter/tecnologia/accesibilidad_web-internet-paginas-personas_invidentes_0_361164102.html
Who
Auditory >
Visual
Who
Mobility >
Auditory >
Visual
http://www.sc.edu/scatp/cdrom/scatphelp.htm
Who
Cognitive >
Mobility >
Auditory >
Visual
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3112756/Take-reading-test-shows-s-like-dyslexic-Font-recreate-frustration-felt-condition.html
Who
WHO?
DISABLED?
DISABLED?
EVERYONE
Everyone
Everyone
World report on disability 2011, WHO
Everyone
World report on disability 2011, WHO
Everyone
EU-Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) from 2014
65+ Millions!
EVERYONE
WHY?
GoodforBusiness
- Benefits SEO
- Improves mobile access and overall usability
- Increases market share
- PR impact derived from corporate social responsibility
- Reduces legal risk
GoodforBusiness
Accessibility is about good
customer service
Jonathan Lazar
Standards&Laws
http://barrydahl.com/2014/12/30/mea-culpa-accessibility-concerns-of-using-external-tools-in-the-lms/
Standards&Laws
- European Standard on accessibility requirements for public procurement of
ICT products and services (EN 301 549 - 2014)
- Spanish norm UNE 139803:2012
- US - Section 508 (1998) & ADA
- 21st Century & Video Accessibility Act (2010)
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 as
ISO/IEC 40500 International Standard (2012)
Accessibilitymishaps
makeheadlines(andcourtrooms)
- National Federation of the Blind v. TARGET (2008)
- National Association of the Deaf (NAD) v. Netflix (2012)
- Google Books (2012)
- Harvard & MIT (edX) MOOCs (2015)
http://www.karlgroves.com/2011/11/15/list-of-web-accessibility-related-litigation-and-settlements/
When?
Don’tputupfires
Plan accessibility as
early as possible,
don’t wait for QA
Accessibilityisasharedresponsibility
http://www.w3.org/
community/wai-engage/wiki/
Accessibility_Responsibility_Breakdown
HOW?
Strategy&BestPractices
John Kotter’s 8-Step Process for Leading Change
Create a sense of urgency!
Find allies & build coalitions
Have a vision & communicate it
Strategy&BestPractices
You can’t fix everything at once
Make process part of the culture
Involve the users into
planning and testing!
John Kotter’s 8-Step Process for Leading Change
Guidelines
- Web Content (WCAG)
- User Agent (UAAG)
- Authoring Tools (ATAG)
- WAI ARIA: Accessible Rich Interactive Applications
POURprinciples
Information must be:
Perceivable
Operable
Understandable
Robust
OFFER
ALTERNATIVES
OFFERALTERNATIVES-Color &Contrast
http://www.floeproject.org/
OFFERALTERNATIVES-AccessibleMultimedia
Able Video Player - http://www.washington.edu/doit/videos/
OFFERALTERNATIVES-Don’tAutoplay!
http://devtoolschallenger.com/
OFFERALTERNATIVES–Letitplay!
OFFERALTERNATIVES–KISS(C)Principle
Universal Design for Digital Content - Radina Matic - tcworld2015
Questions?
Thank you!
Special thanks to Digital Content Management -
Graduate Dept. and Prof. Mireia Ribera at iSchool
of University of Barcelona, Spain.
Your opinion is important!
http://UA07.honestly.de
or scan the QR code

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