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Web Access T0ols for People with Disabilities Sophia Saint-Val IT 202 WED History of Web Accessibility 1997: Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) Only 23 countries (& the EU) have any

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Web Access T0ols for People with Disabilities

Sophia Saint-Val IT 202 WED

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History of Web Accessibility

  • 1997: Web Accessibility

Initiative (WAI)

  • Accessible Rich Internet

Applications (ARIA)

  • Only 23 countries (& the

EU) have any laws or policies regarding web accessibility

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Web Access Tools for the Visually Impaired

  • Screen Readers

○ COBRA ○ Hal ○ JAWS (Job Access with Speech) ○ Google TalkBack

  • Braille Keyboards

○ Refreshable Braille Displays

  • Screen Magnifiers
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Web Access Tools for the Hearing Impaired

  • Avatars (Digital Signers)

○ 2002 - 2004: eSign Project ■ SynFace

  • Closed Captioning
  • Text Transcripts
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Web Access Tools for People with Physical Disabilities

  • Sip & Puff Systems
  • Hands-free Mouse

Tracking ○ FaceMouse ○ Lomak ○ EyeGaze Edge System

  • Voice Controls

○ Dragon

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Tips for Web Developers

  • Accessible themes or templates
  • Meaningful ALT text with images
  • Well spaced buttons
  • Organized content structure
  • Unique & descriptive link names
  • Color & other visual indicators
  • Keyboard accessible content
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Works Cited

  • “7 Tech Tools Which Help People With Disabilities Access the Internet.” Monsido.com, 19 Oct. 2016,

monsido.com/tech-tools-web-acessibility-for-disability.

  • Arch, Andrew, et al. “Better Web Browsing: Tips for Customizing Your Computer ◦ Web

Accessibility Initiative.” Edited by Shadi Abou-Zahra, W3C.Org, World Wide Web Consortium, 24

  • Aug. 2010, www.w3.org/WAI/users/browsing#reading.
  • “Avatars – Digital Signers.” My Computer My Way, AbilityNet.org,

mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk/avatars-digital-signers/.

  • Megan. “Use TalkBack to Browse the Web with Chrome.” Google Chrome Help, Google,

support.google.com/chrome/answer/2633135?visit_id=1-636604387045958679-48652206&rd=1.

  • “Top 10 Tips for Making Your Website Accessible.” Berkeley Web Access, UC Berkeley,

webaccess.berkeley.edu/resources/tips/web-accessibility.

  • Varghese, Sharon. “Application of IoT to Improve the Life Style of Differently Abled People.” IOSR

Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE) , pp. 29–34., doi:101695062.