Web Accessibility
My colleague and I had just finished presenting our parallel paper session at UBD 15th ICE10 conference. It was more a sharing session and in an effort towards increasing educators' and researchers' awareness towards promoting web accessibility for individuals with disabilities. OK, enough with large words, jargon or IT terms.
It is simply a practice of making a particular website readable or usable for potential users or clients. You might have individuals with visual impairment ( blind or with low vision) who wants to check out your website. They might be using some form of screen reader software (that reads texts on the screen) and accessed fully using the keyboard (no mouse or track pad). Imagine how easy or difficult it will be for them to predict the layout of your web pages or move around titles and links. They would not be able to see important information displayed as graphics if you did not provide alternative text description of these images.
Some information might include complicated instructions, use of words or sentences that are difficult and use of language that is unfamiliar (second or third language) and disadvantaged some users with reading difficulties, for example.
If you are a web or content developer/manager, it would help if you read and understand the Web Accessibility Guidelines.
You could also perform an on-line web accessibility test on your web page using various Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools suggested.
It is simply a practice of making a particular website readable or usable for potential users or clients. You might have individuals with visual impairment ( blind or with low vision) who wants to check out your website. They might be using some form of screen reader software (that reads texts on the screen) and accessed fully using the keyboard (no mouse or track pad). Imagine how easy or difficult it will be for them to predict the layout of your web pages or move around titles and links. They would not be able to see important information displayed as graphics if you did not provide alternative text description of these images.
Some information might include complicated instructions, use of words or sentences that are difficult and use of language that is unfamiliar (second or third language) and disadvantaged some users with reading difficulties, for example.
If you are a web or content developer/manager, it would help if you read and understand the Web Accessibility Guidelines.
You could also perform an on-line web accessibility test on your web page using various Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools suggested.
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