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From: Joelle Tegwen
Date: Thu, Sep 15 2005 4:40PM
Subject: Accessable demo alternative
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We've got a site for (primarily) High School youth to learn what they
need to know for moving beyond high school. While it's got pieces for
youth with disabilities, it's geared to be appropriate for all youth.

www.youthhood.org

We're going to be making little 5-10 minute demonstrations to help
people who are having trouble use the site. Likely we'll use Breeze - a
Macromedia tool.

However, since our mission is to serve people with disabilities, we also
want to provide another option for those who would be unable to use the
breeze demonstration.

What would be a good alternate way to present this material?

Thanks
Joelle Tegwen

From: Robinson, Norman B - Washington, DC
Date: Fri, Sep 16 2005 10:00AM
Subject: RE: Accessable demo alternative
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Joelle,

Try taking a look at Macromedia's website:
http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/accessibility/features/breeze/

Since you might be new to what is available, want to browse the
Macromedia's accessibility link for background:
http://www.macromedia.com/resources/accessibility/

Remember, it isn't just people with disabilities. Properly done,
visitors can enlarge text, change contrast, and access the content from
handheld devices and phones; something more likely if you take the time
to make the content accessible.

Regards,


Norman B. Robinson

From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Fri, Sep 16 2005 10:40AM
Subject: RE: Accessable demo alternative
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Joelle,
You might want to look at Macromedia Captivate for the 5-10 minute demo
(or maybe that's what you meant since Captivate can output to Breeze?).

http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/accessibility/features/captivate/

Depending on how you author the demo, you may be able to make it very
broadly accessible. If the narrator is describing what to do aurally as
well as in visual motion-capture, you may be able to make the demo also
quite effective for blind or low vision users, who will already be able
to control the playback in captivate/breeze but will need greater access
to the content presented.

Captivate also allows captioning of the demo for deaf and hard of
hearing users, and keyboard users can access the demo movie controls.

The idea of a demo is a good one for a complex web application. Many
users (including some users with cognitive disabilities as well as users
who want to see the tool in use before trying it themselves) will
benefit from having this type of support.

You can also, using the script that is spoken during the demo, easily
create a static image with textual description version of the demo.

> Remember, it isn't just people with disabilities. Properly
> done, visitors can enlarge text, change contrast, and access
> the content from handheld devices and phones; something more
> likely if you take the time to make the content accessible.
>
> www.youthhood.org

At a glance, it looks like you've done a good job making sure that the
content of the site is accessible to many users. I'll be interested in
seeing your demo when you finish!

AWK

Andrew Kirkpatrick
Principal Accessibility Engineer, Macromedia
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