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Universal Design for Digital Content - an Intro...

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".

Radina Matic

November 25, 2015
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  1. 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 [email protected] @RadinaMatic
  2. What’s the Story - Who? - Why? - When? -

    How? https://www.flickr.com/photos/sunraven0/5451897212/
  3. Who World Health Organization fact sheet from 2014 People living

    in Europe (742 millions) Disabled people in the world (1000 millions)
  4. 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/
  5. Who

  6. Good for Business - Benefits SEO - Improves mobile access

    and overall usability - Increases market share - PR impact derived from corporate social responsibility - Reduces legal risk
  7. 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)
  8. 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/
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. Guidelines - Web Content (WCAG) - User Agent (UAAG) -

    Authoring Tools (ATAG) - WAI ARIA: Accessible Rich Interactive Applications
  12. 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