Web Accessibility: Standards and Rewards. Jorge Plano Internet Society, Argentina Chapter

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1 Web Accessibility: Standards and Rewards Jorge Plano Internet Society, Argentina Chapter 1

2 Web Accessibility Standards 2

3 Author Authoring tools Accessibility Evaluation tools (Content) User agents OS / AT User Areas for Standards The chain Producer-User for the web 3

4 Type Nr.of products Nr.of Producers 1) Content tens hundreds of billions of millions (CMS, Blog, Wiki...) 2) Authoring tools hundreds + hundreds + 3) Acc Evaluation tools tens tens 4) User agents tens tens (browsers, players) 5) Operating systems tens tens 6) Assistive technology thousands thousands 4

Wiki...) 2) Authoring tools hundreds + hundreds + 3) Acc Evaluation tools

5 1) Content W3C-WAI World Wide Web Consortium Web Access Initiative WCAG 1.0 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines National Laws US 508 ES AENOR National Standards DE BITV NZ Web Guidelines IT Legge Stanca some adopt W3C-WAI as std dispersion, need coordination A AA AAA 199x 200x 5

6 2) Authoring tools ATAG (W3C WAI) Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Standalone authoring applications Under the influence of W3C-WAI and 508 many of them incorporated accessibility, up to a certain point. Web enabled authoring applications (CMS, Blog, Wiki...) Generally a mild accessibility (or inaccessibility), they have to be compliant with the WCAG also. They editors should have functions to foster accessibility. Furthermore there are many applications for use in house. 6

Web enabled authoring applications (CMS, Blog, Wiki.

7 3) Accessibility Evaluation tools Determined by the standards to evaluate. The dispersion and uncoordination of national standards have a negative impact in the development of tools. 7

8 4) User agent (browsers, players) UAAG (W3C WAI) User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Browsers: very much compliant Multimedia players: many work to be done 8

9 5) Operating systems The most popular Windows - OS X - Linux Desktops Have done and are doing important efforts in the accessibility area and at present have an acceptable degree of accessibility for the users and have inner structures, with published standards, to facilitate the use and development of assistive technology. They also include some assistive technology tools. 9

accessibility for the users and have inner structures, with published standards, to facilitate

10 6) Assistive technology The standards in this area are mostly determined by the industry. Many in a defacto way. 10

11 For a balance The more critical area is that of content, first by the enormous quantity of producers THIS REQUIRES CAPACITY BUILDING and second by the ongoing process of dispersion of standards THIS REQUIRES COORDINATION 11

THIS REQUIRES CAPACITY BUILDING and second by the

12 Web Accessibility Rewards 12

13 Is Web Accessibility a CSR only issue? Funds with no return 13

14 Or Web Accessibility have a ROI? 14

15 The first aim of anybody putting information on the web is that the information reaches the most people as possible. For profit or not for profit. 15

16 Who is the most famous blind in Internet? 16

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18 SEO Search Engine Optimization GOOGLE Webmaster Help Center Google Help > Help Center Home > My site and Google Webmaster Guidelines 18

19 The Range has Broadened of computing power and network speed at the terminal workstation Windows 3.11+Trumpet KBauds RT*M 14.4 KBauds (or less) 286 DOS Windows Vista / OS X / Linux Dual Core 4 MBauds KBauds (or less) 486 Windows 95 + PDAs, Cell phones, kiosks mid nineties today 19

4 KBauds (or less) 286 DOS Windows Vista / OS X / Linux Dual Core 4

20 Are you happy if part of the market cannot reach your site? Accessible web sites are more friendly with old or non-typical hardware or software and slow connections. You can t miss the low end (unless you are selling Mercedes) 20

non-typical hardware or software and slow connections.

21 Government regulations Important for the IT industry. Government regulations on buying accessible. Governments are important markets! 21

22 Regulations to come On December 2006 the United Nations approved the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Already 118 countries signed it. This mean than in the next years the disability and accessibility issues will be in a more prominent place in the political agenda than today. And governments will produce many laws related to the equalization of rights of people with disabilities that will impact the web standards and business. 22

23 CSR also!! Persons with disabilities are 10 % of the population. And accessibility is like having Electronic Curb-Cuts that benefits much more people. 23

24 CONCERNS: Inaccessibilities with impact YouTube A fast growing service in Internet, but very few captioned videos Only a Remixer tool that may be used to add captions Must include easy captioning tools and promote captioning!! CAPTCHAs: Very few accessibles but very easy make them accessibles 24

25 Key Issues in Web Accessibility Raise awareness Capacity building Coordination of standards 25

Unit Title: Content Management System Website Creation

Unit Title: Content Management System Website Creation Unit Credit Value: 7 Unit Level: Three Unit Guided Learning Hours: 36 Ofqual Unit Reference Number: H/503/9327 Unit Review Date: 31/12/2016 Unit Sector: 15.3 Business Management Unit Summary This unit