508 Web Accessibility
Objectives
Points to Take Away
Benefits to Users
Home Page Reader Demo
IBM Home Page Reader
IBM HPR Commands
Home Page Reader Hands-on
Encountering Barriers Activity
Assignments
Encountering Barriers Activity - Questions
What is Accessibility?
Types of Disability
Some Working Numbers
Accessibility in Law and Policy
Section 508 Web Standards
Every Page Accessibility
Text Equivalents
Alt-text for Images
Alt-text Examples
Alt-text No-no's
Alt-text - Judgement
Long Descriptions (
longdesc
)
Summary - Alternative Text
Alt-text Hands-on
Skip Navigation Links
Skip Navigation - The Problem
Skip Navigation - Example
Skip Navigation - Example 2
Style Sheets
Style Sheets 2
Accessible Web Technologies
Accessible Forms
Accessible Forms 2
Accessible Forms - Examples
Accessible Forms - Label
Accessible Forms -Title
Forms Hands-on
Accessible Scripting
Accessibility Problems, Events
Four Types
Fly-over Menus
Frames
Frames 2
Frames - Examples
Frames - Examples 2
Frames - Examples 3
Image Maps
Image Maps 2
Image Maps - Examples
Image Maps - Examples 2
Applets and Plug-ins
Synchronized Multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia - Examples
Data Tables
Data Tables 2
Simple Data Tables
Complex Data Tables
Complex Data Table - Example
Complex Data Tables - Code
Summary: Accessible Data Tables
Data Tables Hands-on
Access Precautions
Color Conveying Information
Color Alone - Example (bad)
Color Alone - Example (good)
Flicker
Flickering- Examples
Timed Responses
Text-only Last Resort
Software Accessibility Testing
Testing for Web Accessibility
Human Judgement Required
What Can Tools Test
The Tools and Prices
March 2003
©2003 Jim Allan, John Slatin, Jim Thatcher