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From: Aimee Ronn
Date: Mon, Nov 01 2004 6:49AM
Subject: Re: WebAIM Discussion List Digest 01.11.2004.
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Dear Annmarie,

Have you seen the article, "Guidelines for Accessible - and Usable - Web
Sites: Observing Users Who Work With Screenreaders," by Mary Frances
Theofanos (National Cancer Institute) and Janice Redish (Redish and Assoc.),
in "Interactions" Nov-Dec 2003, p. 38-50?
They observed 16 blind users using JAWS and WindowEyes, to find out how
blind users work with web sites and to make recommendations for designers
and developers. They discuss accessibility and usability.

Yours,
Aimee Ronn

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> WebAIM Discussion List Digest 01.11.2004.
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> Subject: Re: WebAIM Discussion List Digest 31.10.2004. (out of the office)
> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 06:04:43 -0700
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> Hello,
>
> Thank you for your email. I am currently away from the office and will
> answer your email upon my return on Monday, November 8, 2004. If you
> need immediate assistance, contact the main CDWS number at 407-823-3718.
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> Thank you,
> Kitzzy Aviles
>
>>>> webaim-forum 10/31/04 08:00 >>>
>
> WebAIM Discussion List Digest 31.10.2004.
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> Subject: Re: Web accessibility and usability
> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:47:47 -0600
>
> Andrew,
>
> While reviewing www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/benefits.html that you suggested, I
> came across a very helpful table that summarizes checkpoints that
> contribute to different design categories including: usability, public
> search engine, low bandwidth, support low literacy, and semantic web.
>
> Checkpoint 1.1 Provide text equivalent for non-text element was listed
> as contributing to usability, and other categories including public
> search engine and low bandwidth.
>
> I can understand how "alt" attributes benefit search engine results and
> users with low bandwidth, but I wasn't clear on how it is important for
> usability for people without disabilities. Does anyone have opinions on
> this?
>
> It is my hope to demonstrate that accessibility efforts also improve the
> experience of users without disabilities. I'm planning to do some
> usability tests with visually impaired users and then users without
> disabilities.
>
> Would anyone anticipate the presence of "alt" as improving the
> experience of users without disabilities (in terms of any of the metrics
> noted on UsableNet: time, number of errors, success rate, and subjective
> rating)?
>
> Thank you very much for any help that you can offer.
>
> Regards,
> Annmarie
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrew Arch
> Date: Sunday, October 10, 2004 6:33 am
> Subject: RE: [WebAIM] Web accessibility and usability
>
>> Hi Annmarie,
>>
>> Don't know of any formal studies (apart from the
>> Microsoft/Forrester one),
>> but many people have written articles on this topic. E.g.:
>> 1.
>> www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-
>> accessibility/web-accessib
>> ility-usability.shtml
>> 2. www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/benefits.html
>> 3. http://www.uiaccess.com/upa2000a.html
>> 4. http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw02/papers/refereed/arch/index.html
>> 5. http://www.frontend.com/accessibility_paper.html#Usability
>>
>> Andrew
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