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What HTML5
Means for Web
Accessibility
Kevin Lamping
All logos, trade marks and brand names used belong to the respective owners
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@klamping
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My Start
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2007
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A Favor
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?.com
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Just Imagine
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WCAG 2.0
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Your Job
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Acce$$ibility
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Good News
Bad News
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Accessibility
is easy
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HTML
is mostly
accessible
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✓ Alt Text
✓ Labels
✓ Semantics
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Let’s skip
that and
talk HTML5!
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Accessibility
is hard...
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for
non-trivial
stuff
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Even simple
non-trivial
stuff
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WCAG 2.0
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Support
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Accessibility
is Frustrating
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We forget
about it
We make
excuses
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We all need
forgiveness
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Bless me
father, for I
have sinned
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It has been
days since
I last used a
screen reader
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I am sorry for this
and all the sins of
my past life,
especially for
.
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Amen
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What’s the
point?
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You have a
choice
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They don’t
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We’re Zuul
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Accessibility
is good for
you
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Accessibility
Usability
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“For my 1 year old
daughter a magazine is an
iPad that doesn’t work”
- YouTube Video
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“...people aren’t
talking about
how he made his
[tech] accessible”
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“a 15-year-old kid
can be playing
with Garage Band
and come up with
unbelievable ideas”
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“He has leveled
the playing field.”
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“His company
made it accessible
without screaming,
‘This is for the
blind, this is for
the deaf’”
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“I’m just hoping
his life [will]
challenge those to
do what he has
done”
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“you just make it
one of your apps.
That will create a
world accessible to
anyone”
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“Thanks”
- Stevie W
onder
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All you
need is love
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What does
HTML5
mean for web
accessibility?
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article, aside,
footer, header,
nav, section
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==
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==
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==
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==
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==
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html5accessibility
.
com
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Unsupported
Supported
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Unsupported
Supported
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What does
“supported”
really mean?
Disclaimer
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Listens to
Talks to
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and here
Support
needed here
Listens to
Talks to
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Users are here
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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Users are here
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Support is
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Is there any
hope?
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Belt
Suspenders
㽊
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article, aside,
footer, header,
nav, section
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It ain’t over till
the fat lady
sings an ARIA
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ARIA
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Can you
improve?
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Keyboard
Support
It’s not just for
Screen Readers
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Chrome Audio Controls
Firefox Video Controls
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Custom Audio Controls
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My Son...
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My Son...
(photo 1).
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it’s complicated
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http://is.gd/
OTCv0x
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Support
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Two things
about
Mobile
Accessibility
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Test for it.
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Use HTML5
elements
They’re natively
supported
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Test Test Test Test
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Test Test Test Test
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!= != !=
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Does HTML5
improve web
accessibility or
make it worse?
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It’s kinda
both
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How have
screen readers
adapted?
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It’s getting
better all
the time
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Does HTML5
remove the
need for
accessibility
testing?
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No. Not at all.
Test your stuff
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The only
constant is
change
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Credits
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oakleyoriginals/
7944244598/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/
2137302514/
http://www.iconarchive.com/show/scrap-icons-
by-deleket/Magnifying-Glass-2-icon.html
http://www.clarissapeterson.com/2012/11/
html5-accessibility
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github.com/
klamping/
html5tx-a11y
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