Making Your (Web) Services Accessible

Presented at Code4Lib North 2013: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/North#Fourth_Meeting:_Ryerson_University.2C_May_23rd_and_24th.2C_2013

This is more of an awareness piece to get developers to think about accessibility when implementing new tools, technologies, and services, especially web-based ones.

No write-up for this one since it recycles a lot from the last posted presentation: http://wp.me/pHQ83-Hg

Transcript

1. Making Your (Web) Services Accessible Cynthia Ng @TheRealArty May 23, 2013
2. What is Accessibility?
3. http://thisisnixofficial.tumblr.com/post/3830398589
4. Types of Disabilities • visual • auditory • physical/motor • touch • learning ◦ dyslexia ◦ dysphasia
5. Why Should You Care? • Legislation (AODA) • Inclusive • Better for Everyone
6. AODA Deadline • By January 1, 2014, new internet websites and web content on [public sector] sites must conform with WCAG 2.0 Level A. • By January 1, 2021, all internet websites and web content must conform with WCAG 2.0 Level AA, other than, ◦ success criteria 1.2.4 Captions (Live), and ◦ success criteria 1.2.5 Audio Descriptions (Pre-recorded).
7. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LCD_screen_sizes.svg
8. http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/11/this-is-what-developing-for-android-looks-like/ via @mreidsma
9. http://www.flickr.com/photos/osuvalleylibrary/463495605/
10. http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelaypablo/860181962/
11. http://www.flickr.com/photos/utahdarkhorse/3195358929/
12. http://www.broadenedhorizons.com/quadmousec1.htm
13. http://www.flickr.com/photos/intelfreepress/8047838494/
14. http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelfitz/3490322415/
15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jetalone/4694268229/
21. Accessible UI
22. Services at Your Organization Student Disability Services aka Access Centre Library - accessible formats of materials - reference services - (video) tutorials
23. Resources • WCAG Quick Reference ◦ http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/Overview.php • HTML Codesniffer ◦ http://squizlabs.github.com/HTML_CodeSniffer/ • W3C Web Accessibility Tools list ◦ http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/ • The Paciello Group Blog ◦ http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/ • The Accessibility Project ◦ http://a11yproject.com/
24. Questions? Cynthia Ng @TheRealArty about.me/cynthiang