welcome presentation by gavin evans and jaime purvis
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Welcome
Presentation byGavin Evans and Jaime Purvis
The Digital Accessibility Centre is a Social Enterprise – limited by guarantee and operating on a not-for-profit basis.
Most of our employees are people with disabilities and some have over 10 years experience in the field of Digital Accessibility on multiple platforms.
Our business is……
Digital Product Accessibility
Who are we?
• Ensuring that all mobile web based platforms and applications are accessible to ALL regardless of disability
What is Mobile Web Accessibility?
“It’s all about empowering developers to use Web Standards that reduce bandwidth, invite innovation and promote good coding practices across the Web.”
[Opera, 2013]
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0)• Mobile Web Best practices (MWBP)• Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices
and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Guidelines
Sets of guidelines created to help users with disabilities to experience the web as fully as non-disabled people.
Mobile Accessibility
• 62 W3C Mobile Best Practices• 7 sections covered by WCAG 2.0• 15 sections partially related to WCAG 2.0• 40 sections Mobile compliance only
Vision
Cognitive
Hearing
Physical
What types of access issues do you need to take into consideration?
Blind Users
Low Vision Users
People with Mobility Impairments
People with Hearing Impairments
• There are many different types of cognitive impairment
• Reading age may be lower
• May be easily distracted
• Dyslexia needs to be considered
People with Cognitive Impairments
Mobile Accessibility for Better Connected
14 Criteria that accessibility for Better Connected is measured upon
1. Website delivers a mobile dedicated design2. Page titles3. Heading Structure4. Limit scrolling to one direction5. Content reachable in sequence6. Clear labels and instructions for forms7. Meaningful links in context8. Image alt text9. Colour contrast10. Font sizes11. Avoidance of movement on pages12. Auto starting audio/video13. Flashing content14. Non-HTML documents
• Choose an accessibility champion• Write a mobile policy• Include references to current guidelines (WCAG 2.0)
(MWBP)• Involve project managers, developers, content authors• Audit or test through all stages of the process• Get expert help or certify content• Get Users involved, Get Users involved, Get users
involved
How do you get this done?
Live Demo
Jaime Purvis – iOS and VoiceOver
The end result…Usable by everyone
Digital Accessibility Centre
Stephen Lloyd Suite, Llan Coed House,
Llandarcy, Neath, SA10 6FG.
Telephone: 01792 815267
www.digitalaccessibilitycentre.org
Thank you