Accessibility in the New World

Gary Barber

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Accessibility in the New World

•Make Web Sites Usable by People

•Design Websites

•Passion for Accessibility

•AWIA Committee

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WHAT?© copyright istockphoto

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The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.

- Tim Berners-Lee

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Mobile Web

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Low or High Speed

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Connectivity

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Equal Access

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CommonTechnology?

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Assistive Technology

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Motor Disability

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Sensory Disabilities

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Cognitive Disabilities

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WHY?© copyright istockphoto

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Going Fishing?

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2000 - SOCOG vs HREOC

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It’s the LawUS - Section 508, Rehabilitation Act

AU - Discrimination Act

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Moral Choice

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WHO?© copyright istockphoto

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14 Years Young

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Professionalism

Usability Professionals’

Association

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Qualifications

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Beware

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Yes It’s Confusing

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Standards?

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Standards?•Best Practice

•Real Standards

‣ISO/IEC 15445:2000 - HTML

‣ISO/IEC 16262:2002 - Javascript

‣ISO 8879 - SGML

‣ISO 13407 - Interactive systems

‣ISO 9241 - Ergonomics and visual display terminals

‣ISO 32000 - Adobe PDF

•Industry is beyond these

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So What is Used?

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•W3C - World Wide Web Consortium•ARIA - Accessible Rich Internet Applications •WCAG 2 - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines•Recommended Specifications (state of play)

‣HTML 4

‣xHTML 1

‣CSS 2

So What is Used?

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•Semantic Web•3 Pillars of the Web

‣Content (the information),

‣Design (the look),

‣Function (the interaction)•Unobtrusive Programming•Graceful Degradation

So What is Used?

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User Testing not User Acceptance Testing

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Usability Audit

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Methods - User Centred Design

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Disability Testing

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It’s Not All Bad and Good

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✓Experience✓Qualifications✓Professionalism✓Build to Best Practice / Standards ✓Holistic Usability and Accessibility✓Procedures and Methodology ✓Industry Knowledge

In Summary

Accessibility in the New World

Questions?Gary Barberhttp://radharc.com.auweb@radharc.com.au

Australian Web Industry Associationhttp://webindustry.asn.au

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