Working with JAWS: Keystroke Quick Reference Chart
Using the JAWS screen reading software requires that the user know a large set of keystroke combinations to get the most from the application.
Few people realize that with today's modern browsers, relative sizing can in fact be added to images as well as text elements on your web page. Making the image scale with the text may aid in accessibility, despite the degradation of quality.
WATS.ca (2006). Articles>Web Design>Image Editing>CSS
Determining Readability: Readability and its Implications for Web Content Accessibility
One area of accessibility often overlooked is the readability of the content of your web pages. Not every user may be familiar with terms or terminology being used. Others may not have the same socio-political background, literacy skills or capacity to fully comprehend what it is you are saying. One goal of the content author then is to try and identify their target audience, and then ensures that they are not "writing over their heads".
WATS.ca (2006). Articles>Web Design>Writing>Assessment
Demonstration of the LONGDESC Attribute and the 'd' Link
When images are provided to illustrate complex ideas, the same information MUST also be provided in an accessible form.
WATS.ca (2007). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Charts and Graphs
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