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From: Holly Marie
Date: Mar 7, 2002 4:14PM

We Might also like to also include some instruction and ideas aimed at
the designers and developers. These are all great sites, by the way. I
think that Trace is a very good web site, and so is Sun's work on
accessibility issues. Now, what we need are some good sites that also
address the average public and designing developing audience.

I am not so sure many would be liking to read Abstracts and Research
papers and there is a definite need to make the usability information
and instruction, - more usable and easier to digest and follow.

just a thought and it would be nice to see a section created at
WebAim.org that has a list of ALL of the Kiosk sites mentioned in the
previous week's threads, and it would not be bad to see these
categorized towards specific use or groups. I think I will form such a
collection and order or organize the topics, at least for myself.

We need to also think and appeal to those that are a bit overwhelmed and
confused over this topic of accessibility and show the people that many
of the changes or ideas are quite possible to implement, or we will lose
a lot of converters in the process. I have had numerous designers and
developers ask just what it means to do such and such. When explained in
easier ways, it makes much more sense, and they are apt to go ahead and
work some changes into their design.

holly

I, for one, am glad to see that the WAI has made steps, as well as other
web design information sites, to make this information a bit more
digestable, and more apt to be used.


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Goldthwaite"

> Dr.'s Magennis and Gunderson listed the best sites. There are a some
> others -
>
> Off of the CATEA site is the ITTATC.org site - there are a lot of
resources
> for accessible design in the Publications section organized by the
parts of
> Section 508- Software, Web, Telecommunications, Multimedia, Closed
devices
> and Personal computers. In each of those areas is a section on
accessible
> design. The items below are in
>
http://www.ittatc.org/publications/assistance1.cfm?category=276&;level=3
>
> John Gill has another article that might be useful -
> Which button? Designing user interfaces for people with visual
impairments.
> http://www.tiresias.org/controls/index.htm
>
> Architecture Of An Automatic Teller Machine Usable By All Using The
Java
> Platform
> Peter Korn, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> http://www.sun.com/access/articles/wp-aatm/
>
> From Project Include -
> Introduction to public terminal issues
> http://www.stakes.fi/include/pam3.html
>
> The Built Environment of Public Terminals
> http://www.stakes.fi/include/pam5.html
>
> SATURN Case Study (a case on a ATM)
> http://www.stakes.fi/include/cases.html
>
> The Include and Cost219 projects sponsored by the EU Telematics
program are
> a good source of information on design of telecommunications and
telematic
> applications for individuals with disabilities-
> http://www.stakes.fi/cost219/
> http://www.stakes.fi/include/
>




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