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ACCESSIBLE ANALYTICS USING SASED SUMMERS
SENIOR MANAGER OF ACCESSIBILITY
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MISSION
• The mission of the SAS accessibility tribe is to enable people of all abilities
to access the power of analytics.
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MOTIVATIONS
• Enable real people to do real work• Delightful experience for all users• Workforce sustainability• Level AA compliance with WCAG 2.0
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REMEDIATION PLANS
• Established WCAG 2.0 AA as an R&D standard for
all products, documentation training, and support
materials in June 2014 • All products are expected to meet that standard as
they transition from existing technologies to HTML5Armistead SappExecutive Vice President of R&D and Chief Technology Officer
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PRIORITIES
• Consumers of analytics …• Access charts, graphs, and reports on the web• View reports on a tablet • Download open data and its metadata
• Producers of analytics …• Extract, transform, and load data• Cleanse, match, and de-duplicate data• Build models• Design reports
Consumers
Producers
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ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Each product team owns responsibility for accessibility • Supported by centralized core team of accessibility SMEs
within the SAS Design team• SMEs are experts on WCAG, assistive technologies, ARIA• SMEs provide testing and consulting services • SMEs teach classes on a quarterly basis: WCAG, screen
readers, ARIA• SMEs host a weekly “accessibility clinic”• Video: Accessibility Day at SAS
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SAS DOCUMENTATION
• Accessibility features defined for most products • Proper use of headings • Proper markup for tables • Scalable graphics • Demo of equations in alternate formats
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SAS EDUCATION
• Training materials available in alternative formats • Training materials available prior to class • Sign language interpreter available upon request • New HTML5 eLearning container is almost WCAG 2.0 AA• Demo of captions and transcripts in SAS Programming 1 eLearning course
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SAS ENTERPRISE GUIDE
• Primary interface for statistical analysis • Create output for the web, tablets, print• Recent progress: high contrast theme, keyboard, screen reader, refreshable
braille display• Demo of SAS Enterprise Guide with JAWS
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SAS VISUAL ANALYTICS
• Zoom• Customizable focus indicator • Customizable themes including High Contrast • Landmarks• Keyboard interaction • Video: Landmarks in SAS Visual Analytics
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SAS MOBILE BI
• Zoom• Customizable themes including High Contrast • Many low vision features • Compatible with VoiceOver screen reader • Video: SAS Mobile BI low vision features• Video: Using SAS Mobile BI with VoiceOver
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FUTURE: ACCESSIBLE DATA VISUALIZATION
• ~285 million people with visual impairments do not have equal access to
data visualizations • Text descriptions are not sufficient • Tables are not sufficient • Tactile graphics are too expensive and require sighted assistance • Demo of Reach for the Stars
