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From: julian.rickards@ndm.gov.on.ca
Date: Thu, Aug 14 2003 9:53AM
Subject: RE: WAVE 3.0 and Toolbar
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Jukka wrote:
> If they ask for WCAG 1.0 compliance, give them a compliance report,
> including a neutral person's or organization's evaluation of
> the "manual
> checks". Ditto for 508.
This sounds reasonable.
> If they ask for accessibility, demonstrate what functionality
> your pages
> have for people with disabilities. For example, make a speech
> browser read
> your page for them. You could also ask what types of accessibility are
> relevant to their potential users.
... and this too.
You obviously know a lot about accessibility and how close or far WCAG comes
to meeting the needs of those who need to use accessibility technologies. If
you were/are looking to market either web development/design services or
assist with making a website accessible, how would you market your services?
Many web designers provide a portfolio to show what they have done/can do.
As you have said, true accessibility must be demonstrated - what would/might
you do to prove to prospective clients that you can make an accessible
website?
Jules
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From: Jukka K. Korpela
Date: Sat, Aug 16 2003 1:39AM
Subject: RE: WAVE 3.0 and Toolbar
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = wrote:
> As you have said, true accessibility must be demonstrated - what would/might
> you do to prove to prospective clients that you can make an accessible
> website?
If you can meet the clients, you could demonstrate how your page works
using a speech browser, or using a normal browser without a mouse, or with
font size set to 24pt. And then maybe demonstrate how some other pages
fail. This would of course cover just some aspects of accessibility - but
it's difficult to find a way to demonstrate, say, how a cognitively
disabled person or a dyslexic experiences the page.
Some of the demonstrations could be made available on the Web, as screen
shots or otherwise.
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Jukka "Yucca" Korpela, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/
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