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From: Catherine Roy
Date: Tue, Feb 12 2013 7:28PM
Subject: practical and easy accessibility resources
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Hi all,
Next February 23rd is International Open Data Day
(http://opendataday.org/) and we are having a big hackothon in Montreal
to celebrate. This is not a disability related event but a codefest
where people of various sectors, mostly developers, interested in open
data will spend the day creating or further developping applications
using open data, mostly provided by the city of Montreal. So for
example, it could be an app enabling citizens to consult which skating
rinks are open on a given week-end or one that gives citizens an
opportunity to provide input on how the budget should be spent on
publics services in their burrough, etc. While many will be web apps, I
suspect a fair amount will be mobile apps as well. Most of the people
there will have only a marginal awarness of accessibility, if any.
Obviously, my interest in this context is to try to get the developpers
to at least consider making their app with basic accessibility and
considering the context, this will be a challenge.
I am not sure yet if I will be able to attend but either way, I would
like to dissimenate some accessibility resources on the local open data
mailing list ahead of time. So I would appreciate suggestions that are
well, practical and easy, resources that will give the basics, practical
things that are quick to consult, easy to understand and fairly easy to
implement in the kind of context we are talking about. Your input is
welcomed and you may reply off-list if you prefer.
Thanks,
Catherine
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http://www.catherine-roy.net
From: Corbett, James
Date: Thu, Feb 14 2013 8:43AM
Subject: Re: practical and easy accessibility resources
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Catherine:
You say next Feb. 23.... as in next week or so?
Jim
From: Catherine Roy
Date: Thu, Feb 14 2013 9:02AM
Subject: Re: practical and easy accessibility resources
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On 14/02/2013 10:43 AM, Corbett, James wrote:
> Catherine:
>
> You say next Feb. 23.... as in next week or so?
>
Yes. February 23 2013.
>
From: Alan M. Dalton
Date: Thu, Feb 14 2013 9:03AM
Subject: Re: practical and easy accessibility resources
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Hi Catherine,
The Irish National Disability Authority’s Accessibility Toolkit
( http://accessibility.ie ) is a practical resource, quick to consult, easy
to understand, and -- hopefully -- easy to implement. I think the most
relevant sections for your event are:
- "Make your websites more accessible":
http://accessibility.ie/MakeYourWebsitesMoreAccessible
- "Write clearly" (on the "Make your information more accessible" webpage):
http://accessibility.ie/MakeYourInformationMoreAccessible/#WriteClearly
- "Present information clearly" (also on the "Make your information more
accessible" webpage):
http://accessibility.ie/MakeYourInformationMoreAccessible/#PresentInformationClearly
Regards,
Alan.
Alan Dalton
Access Officer and Accessibility Development Advisor
http://accessibility.ie
National Disability Authority http://www.nda.ie
25 Clyde Road, Dublin 4, Ireland http://goo.gl/maps/gOjcj
From: Pratik Patel
Date: Sat, Feb 16 2013 12:04PM
Subject: Re: practical and easy accessibility resources
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Hello Catherine,
Here are some resources that I usually like to give to people for intro type
of material-basic to medium. Depending on the context and interest, people
can absorb what they need and reference what they need. I tend to add things
and remove things as new resources become available. I just revised this
list.
Introduction to Web Accessibility: http://webaim.org/intro/
Creating Semantic Structure: http://webaim.org/techniques/semanticstructure/
Text alternatives for images: a decision tree:
http://www.4syllables.com.au/2010/12/text-alternatives-decision-tree/
Using WAI-ARIA Landmarks - 2013:
http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2013/02/using-wai-aria-landmarks-2013
Making elements keyboard focusable and clickable:
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/201302/making_elements_keyboard_focusa
ble_and_clickable/
Creating Accessible Forms: http://webaim.org/techniques/forms/
Accessible Browser Validation in HTML5:
http://juicystudio.com/article/accessible_browser_validation_html5.php
Accessible Client-side Form Validation with HTML5:
http://www.deque.com/accessible-client-side-form-validation-html5
Accessible Form Labeling & Instructions:
http://www.karlgroves.com/2011/10/10/accessible-form-labeling-instructions/
A usability perspective. Don't Put Labels Inside Text Boxes (Unless You're
Luke W):
http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2013/02/dont-put-labels-inside-text-box
es-unless-youre-luke-w.php
Creating Accessible CSS: http://webaim.org/techniques/css/
CSS in Action: Invisible Content Just for Screen Reader Users:
http://webaim.org/techniques/css/invisiblecontent/
CSS for Accessibility: http://24ways.org/2007/css-for-accessibility/
"Skip Navigation" Links: http://webaim.org/techniques/skipnav/
Fixing "Skip to content" links:
http://www.nczonline.net/blog/2013/01/15/fixing-skip-to-content-links/
Recommended WAI-ARIA implementation for navigation bar/menu:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12279113/recommended-wai-aria-implementat
ion-for-navigation-bar-menu
Making an accessible dialog box:
http://www.nczonline.net/blog/2013/02/12/making-an-accessible-dialog-box/
Don't use automatic image sliders or carousels:
http://conversionxl.com/dont-use-automatic-image-sliders-or-carousels-ignore
-the-fad
Good lessons for accessibility as well. Lessons We Learned from Our Biggest
UX and Design Mistakes:
http://sixrevisions.com/user-interface/ux-design-mistakes/
Media Player Accessibility:
http://webaim.org/techniques/captions/mediaplayers/
The Librarian: Accessibility on iOS: Make an App for Everyone:
http://yaccessibilityblog.com/wp/librarian-accessibility-ios.html
Accessibility Programming Guide for iOS:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UserExperience/Concep
tual/iPhoneAccessibility/Introduction/Introduction.html
Designing for Accessibility - Android Developers:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/accessibility/index.html
A More Accessible Map: http://alistapart.com/article/cssmaps
I'm sure others can add to this list and provide more info. Hope it is
helpful. Please feel free to let me know if you have any other questions.
Regards,
Pratik
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From: Catherine Roy
Date: Sun, Feb 17 2013 2:05PM
Subject: Re: practical and easy accessibility resources
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A huge thank you to all who contributed, online and off, to the list of
resources.
Best regards,
Catherine
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http://www.catherine-roy.net
On 12/02/2013 9:28 PM, Catherine Roy wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Next February 23rd is International Open Data Day
> (http://opendataday.org/) and we are having a big hackothon in Montreal
> to celebrate. This is not a disability related event but a codefest
> where people of various sectors, mostly developers, interested in open
> data will spend the day creating or further developping applications
> using open data, mostly provided by the city of Montreal. So for
> example, it could be an app enabling citizens to consult which skating
> rinks are open on a given week-end or one that gives citizens an
> opportunity to provide input on how the budget should be spent on
> publics services in their burrough, etc. While many will be web apps, I
> suspect a fair amount will be mobile apps as well. Most of the people
> there will have only a marginal awarness of accessibility, if any.
> Obviously, my interest in this context is to try to get the developpers
> to at least consider making their app with basic accessibility and
> considering the context, this will be a challenge.
>
> I am not sure yet if I will be able to attend but either way, I would
> like to dissimenate some accessibility resources on the local open data
> mailing list ahead of time. So I would appreciate suggestions that are
> well, practical and easy, resources that will give the basics, practical
> things that are quick to consult, easy to understand and fairly easy to
> implement in the kind of context we are talking about. Your input is
> welcomed and you may reply off-list if you prefer.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Catherine
>