IT Workshop - Julie Howell (RNIB) presentation

"Click, Click� who�s there?"
Designing for universal access

Blind people use the internet!

with their eyes

by adjusting the browser

�access technology�

magnification software

synthetic speech

braille display

The business case

8.5 million disabled customers (source: ONS)

10.7 million older customers (source: Age Concern)

2 million customers with sight problems (source: RNIB)

�Everyone� online by 2005 (source: E-envoy�s Office)

The legal case

1995 Disability Discrimination Act www.disability.gov.uk

NFB v AOL corp.aol.com/access_policy.html

Maguire v SOCOG scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/ddadec/0/2000/0/DD000200.htm

The guidelines
(remember, it�s in the coding)

WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines www.w3.org/wai

Guidelines for UK Government web sites www.e-envoy.gov.uk

Quick wins

Use HTML correctly

Let the visitor control the colours

Label all images

What no mouse?

Be consistent

Feedback loop

Toolkit

Julie Howell
Campaigns Officer (Accessible Internet)

[email protected]

www.rnib.org.uk/digital

020-7391 2191

RNIB, 224 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5AA