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9th
July, Dunblane
�Including
Us All�
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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
www.w3.org/WAIvalidator.w3.org/
www.cast.org/bobby
www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html
user testing
Julie Howell
Campaigns Officer (Accessible Internet)
[email protected]
www.rnib.org.uk/digital
020-7391 2191
RNIB, 224 Great Portland Street, London W1W
5AA
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