#32862
Secret Benefits of Accessibility Part 2: Better Search Ranking
One of the main benefits of Web accessibility is that a Website that's more accessible to people is also usually more accessible to search engines. The more accessible your site is to search engines, the more confidently they can guess what the site's about, giving your site a better chance at the top spot in the search engine rankings.
Moss, Trenton. SitePoint (2004). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Search Engine Optimization
#32863
Seven Accessibility Mistakes (Part 1)
There are several reasons inaccessible Web products get published. One we discussed in my last article is that some clients just don’t care about accessibility. Their reasons make a lot of sense if you put yourself in their shoes. Another reason is developer mistakes. Making mistakes is natural, and suffering the consequences and learning from them is what makes us better developers and better people.
Heilmann, Christian. Digital Web Magazine (2006). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Case Studies
#32864
Seven Accessibility Mistakes (Part 2)
This two part-article discusses reasons why some projects fail to result in properly accessible products.
Heilmann, Christian. Digital Web Magazine (2006). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility
#32865
Seven Screen Reader Usability Tips
Simply ensuring that your Website is accessible to screen reader users is, unfortunately, not enough to guarantee that these users can find what they're looking for in a reasonably quick and efficient manner. Even if your site is accessible to screen reader users, its usability could be so poor that they needn't have bothered stooping by in the first place.
Moss, Trenton. SitePoint (2005). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Usability
#32866
I have a few late model screen readers and I also have simple audio recording tools. I'll use them to get you closer to what these screen readers actually say. I'll start a collection of recordings so you can hear for yourself what these tools say.
Easton, Bob. Access Matters (2005). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Usability
#32867
The Convergence of the Aging Work Force And Accessible Technology
This paper discusses the effects of America’s aging work force on business growth and productivity and illustrates how accessible technology can equip employers and mature workers to face the challenges posed by this demographic trend.
Mosner, Ellen and Craig Spiezle. Microsoft (2004). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Elderly
#32868
The Lifecycle of Web Accessibility
In this article we'll divide the life cycle of web accessibility into 5 different phases and we'll see how they are strictly interconnected with other disciplines such as graphic design, development and content management.
Volpon, Antonio. evolt (2002). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility
#32871
WCAG and the Myth of Accessibility
Kevin Leitch explains why he feels that the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines have failed in their mission to ensure that web content is accessible to all.
Leitch, Kevin. Juicy Studio (2004). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Standards
#32877
Appropriate Use of Alternative Text
Adding alternative text for images is the first principle of web accessibility. It is also one of the most difficult to properly implement. The web is replete with images that have missing, incorrect, or poor alternative text. Like many things in web accessibility, determining appropriate, equivalent, alternative text is often a matter of personal interpretation. Through the use of examples, this article will present our experienced interpretation of appropriate use of alternative text.
WebAIM (2005). Articles>Accessibility>Image Editing>Web Design
#32879
An Eight-Step Implementation Model
The inaccessibility of web content can have a significant impact on the lives of individuals with disabilities. Many people without disabilities are ignorant of the importance of the issue to those who are directly affected. They are also often ignorant of the tremendous benefit that accessible web content can be. Accessible web sites offer independence to individuals with disabilities that would otherwise not have it.
WebAIM (2006). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Project Management
#32880
Links and Hypertext: An Introduction to Links and Hypertext
Some types of links are more accessible than others, and some types of links are completely inaccessible to people with certain types of disabilities. Because links are so basic to the functionality of web content, inaccessible links are one of the most severe barriers to overall accessibility.
WebAIM (2005). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Hypertext
#32881
Using JAWS to Evaluate Web Accessibility
This article is designed to help users who are new to JAWS learn the basic controls for testing web content, and to serve as a reference for the occasional JAWS user.
WebAIM (2005). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Assessment
#32882
Testování Přístupnosti Webových Stránek se Screenreaderem JAWS
Tento článek je českou verzí článku Using JAWS to Evaluate Web Accessibility. V textu jsou zmiňovány prvky stránky, které jsou součástí struktury webu WebAIM.org a nemusí se vyskytovat na stránce s touto verzí.
WebAIM (2005). (Czech) Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Assessment
#32883
Usando o Jaws Para Testar Acessibilidade
Este artigo destina-se a ensinar aos usuários não familiarizados com o JAWS os procedimentos básicos necessários a avaliar a acessibilidade do conteúdo web e servir como uma espécie de guia de referência para o usuário ocasional deste programa.
CSS para Webdesign (2005). (Portuguese) Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Assessment
#32885
The web accessibility podGuide is an iPod-ready version of the current web-related accessibility standards, including: Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG 1.0); User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG 1.0); Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1.0); Section 508 standards for web, software, multimedia and related accessibility.
Dey Alexander (2007). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility
#32886
A customizable quick reference to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 requirements (success criteria) and techniques.
W3C (2008). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Standards
#32887
Accessites.org: The Art of Accessibility
We aim to prove that accessible, usable web sites built with universality and standards in mind need not be boring. We will show you artfully crafted sites made by some of today’s most progressive web developers.
#32888
A Quick and Dirty Introduction to Accessibility
A presentation providing an overview of accessibility that discusses disabilities that affect use of the web, devices and technologies used by disabled users.
Weakley, Russ. Max Design (2004). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility
#32889
Page Source Order and Accessibility
In this presentation, the authors report on a survey and testing with screen reader users designed to determine how the placement of navigation in the source order (before or after content) affects accessibility.
Hudson, Roger and Russ Weakley. OzeWAI (2005). Presentations>Web Design>Accessibility
#32891
LD Web is a website aimed at making the Internet a better place for people with learning disabilities. LD Web develops guidelines and practical "how to" techniques to help web designers understand this underserviced community. LD Web is also meant to be an open discussion forum for dialogue, questions, and experiences in dealing with learning disabilities on the Web.
#32894
Designing Usable Sites for Children and Teens
It is often difficult for an adult designer to accurately remember what it is like to be 10 years old, and so it is important to turn to research conducted with children and teens to get a sense of their preferences.
Content Matters (2006). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Children
#32903
Usability of Websites for Teenagers
When using websites, teenagers have a lower success rate than adults and they're also easily bored. To work for teens, websites must be simple -- but not childish -- and supply plenty of interactive features.
Nielsen, Jakob. Alertbox (2005). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Children
#32904
Kids' Corner: Website Usability for Children
Our usability study of kids found that they are as easily stumped by confusing websites as adults. Unlike adults, however, kids tend to view ads as content, and click accordingly. They also like colorful designs, but demand simple text and navigation.
Nielsen, Jakob. Alertbox (2002). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Children
#32906
Best Practices: Writing for Accessibility
Most of the time, the primary focus of information about accessibility has to do with making non-text information available as text. Captioning and audio description for video, transcriptions for audio, simple text alternatives for static images. But what about the content itself?
Dolson, Joe. Accessible Web Design (2008). Articles>Accessibility>Web Design>Writing
#32907
How should a website homepage be created so that people with dyslexia can get the most out of the page?
Marshall, Abigail. Dyslexia Association International (2007). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility
