Universal Design for Digital Content - an Introduction to Accessibility Whys and Hows

Introduction to accessibility and universal design for digital content, presented at the tcworld conference in Stuttgart, in November 2015. After the presentation followed the practical workshop "Beyond the Checklists: Demystifying Accessibility Testing and Implementation".

Transcript

1. an Introduction to Accessibility Whys and Hows Universal Design for Digital Content Radina Matic radina.matic@ub.edu @RadinaMatic
2. Radina Matic - translator & technical writer - open software & technology enthusiast Web and Data Visualization at Rectory Stats Office, University of Barcelona a11y Foundation for Learning Equality radina.matic@ub.edu @RadinaMatic
3. What’s the Story - Who? - Why? - When? - How? https://www.flickr.com/photos/sunraven0/5451897212/
4. WHO?
5. Who World Health Organization fact sheet from 2014 People living in Europe (742 millions) Disabled people in the world (1000 millions)
6. Who EU-Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) from 2014 Millions!
7. Who - Temporary disability http://selouk.me/2013/10/31/7-things-i-learned-from-wearing-an-eyepatch/
8. Who - Temporary disability - Situational disability http://selouk.me/2013/10/31/7-things-i-learned-from-wearing-an-eyepatch/
9. Who - Temporary disability - Situational disability - Permanent ”Technology is the limb I never had.” Joanne O’Riordan http://selouk.me/2013/10/31/7-things-i-learned-from-wearing-an-eyepatch/
10. EVERYONE
11. Who - Visual - Auditory - Mobility - Cognitive http://blog.sciencedirect.com/posts/enabling-people-of-all-abilities-to-access-content-quickly-and-easily
12. Who Visual http://neomam.com/interactive/13reasons/
13. Who Visual http://www.eldiario.es/hojaderouter/tecnologia/accesibilidad_web-internet-paginas-personas_invidentes_0_361164102.html
14. Who Auditory > Visual
15. Who Mobility > Auditory > Visual http://www.sc.edu/scatp/cdrom/scatphelp.htm
16. Who Cognitive > Mobility > Auditory > Visual http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3112756/Take-reading-test-shows-s-like-dyslexic-Font-recreate-frustration-felt-condition.html
17. Who
18. WHO?
19. DISABLED?
20. DISABLED?
21. EVERYONE
22. Everyone
23. Everyone World report on disability 2011, WHO
24. Everyone World report on disability 2011, WHO
25. Everyone EU-Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) from 2014 65+ Millions!
26. EVERYONE
27. WHY?
28. Good for Business - Benefits SEO - Improves mobile access and overall usability - Increases market share - PR impact derived from corporate social responsibility - Reduces legal risk
29. Good for Business Accessibility is about good customer service Jonathan Lazar
30. Standards & Laws http://barrydahl.com/2014/12/30/mea-culpa-accessibility-concerns-of-using-external-tools-in-the-lms/
31. Standards & Laws - European Standard on accessibility requirements for public procurement of ICT products and services (EN 301 549 - 2014) - Spanish norm UNE 139803:2012 - US - Section 508 (1998) & ADA - 21st Century & Video Accessibility Act (2010) - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 as ISO/IEC 40500 International Standard (2012)
32. Accessibility mishaps make headlines (and courtrooms) - National Federation of the Blind v. TARGET (2008) - National Association of the Deaf (NAD) v. Netflix (2012) - Google Books (2012) - Harvard & MIT (edX) MOOCs (2015) http://www.karlgroves.com/2011/11/15/list-of-web-accessibility-related-litigation-and-settlements/
33. When?
34. Don’t put up fires Plan accessibility as early as possible, don’t wait for QA
35. Accessibility is a shared responsibility http://www.w3.org/ community/wai-engage/wiki/ Accessibility_Responsibility_Breakdown
36. HOW?
37. Strategy & Best Practices John Kotter’s 8-Step Process for Leading Change Create a sense of urgency! Find allies & build coalitions Have a vision & communicate it
38. Strategy & Best Practices You can’t fix everything at once Make process part of the culture Involve the users into planning and testing! John Kotter’s 8-Step Process for Leading Change
39. Guidelines - Web Content (WCAG) - User Agent (UAAG) - Authoring Tools (ATAG) - WAI ARIA: Accessible Rich Interactive Applications
40. POUR principles Information must be: Perceivable Operable Understandable Robust
41. OFFER ALTERNATIVES
42. OFFER ALTERNATIVES -Color & Contrast http://www.floeproject.org/
43. OFFER ALTERNATIVES -Accessible Multimedia Able Video Player - http://www.washington.edu/doit/videos/
44. OFFER ALTERNATIVES -Don’t Autoplay! http://devtoolschallenger.com/
45. OFFER ALTERNATIVES –Let it play!
46. OFFER ALTERNATIVES –KISS(C) Principle
48. Questions? Thank you! Special thanks to Digital Content Management - Graduate Dept. and Prof. Mireia Ribera at iSchool of University of Barcelona, Spain. Your opinion is important! http://UA07.honestly.de or scan the QR code