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Accessibility is a general term used to describe the degree to which a system is usable by as many people as possible without modification. It is not to be confused with usability which is used to describe how easily a thing can be used by any type of user. One meaning of accessibility specifically focuses on people with disabilities and their use of assistive devices such as screen-reading web browsers or wheelchairs. Other meanings are discussed below.
Accessibility is strongly related to universal design in that it is about making things as accessible as possible to as wide a group of people as possible. However, products marketed as having benefited from a Universal Design process are often actually the same devices customized specifically for use by people with disabilities. It is rare to find a Universally Designed product at the mass-market level that is used mostly by non-disabled people; Oxo Good Grips housewares are continually held up as an example.
Disabilities
The disability rights movement advocates equal access to social, political and economic life which includes not only physical access but access to the same tools, organisations and facilities which we all pay for. More on [ Accessibility ]
@michaelmcguk Guess what I'm trying to say is get your code clean and valid, then bring in real people for usability & accessibility tests.
idea15webdesign (Heather Burns) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:18:35 -0000
@michaelmcguk Guess what I'm trying to say is get your code clean and valid, then bring in real people for usability & accessibility tests.
@idea15webdesign Hi Heather. That's a great link, thanks. I'm fairly happy with the accessibility of my sites, but I may review them soon.
michaelmcguk (Michael McGarrity) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:16:03 -0000
@idea15webdesign Hi Heather. That's a great link, thanks. I'm fairly happy with the accessibility of my sites, but I may review them soon.
another beautifully designed website for manchester, and again little consideration for keyboard accessibility. it's not that hard, dammit!
patrick_h_lauke (patrick h. lauke) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:54:42 -0000
another beautifully designed website for manchester, and again little consideration for keyboard accessibility. it's not that hard, dammit!
Dear Web Devs, How do you determine the accessibility / usability of your web sites? Is it just automatic or do you draft in humans to test?
michaelmcguk (Michael McGarrity) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:46:03 -0000
Dear Web Devs, How do you determine the accessibility / usability of your web sites? Is it just automatic or do you draft in humans to test?
Big Love's accessibility and lack of anti-heroes (esp. for HBO) feels so weird.
chapzork (Chapman S) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:38:50 -0000
Big Love's accessibility and lack of anti-heroes (esp. for HBO) feels so weird.
@timmorgan alt+cmd+(minus or equals) but you have to have turned it on in accessibility first
fringley (Chris Tingley) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:25:40 -0000
@timmorgan alt+cmd+(minus or equals) but you have to have turned it on in accessibility first
BrailleSurf 4.0 - Basic web browser driving a Braille display.
Meta Description: [ BrailleSurf 4 est un navigateur Internet permettant une lecture simplifiée des informations disponibles sur le Web sous forme de texte. ]
BrookesTalk - Browser for the blind and visually impaired, being developed by Oxford Brookes University. Free evaluation version.
Meta Description: [ BrookesTalk, Web Browser, The Speech Project ]
Connect Outloud - Self-voicing web browser (also drives Braille displays) from the makers of JAWS, Freedom Scientific.
Emacspeak --The Complete Audio Desktop - Fully-fledged GNU/Linux speech-enabled browser with support for Aural CSS.
Enhancing Internet Access - Touchscreen system for people with disabilities and special needs.
Meta Description: [ Specialized Web Browser and touchscreen system with fully integrated Web awareness, assessment and training modules for Internet training and access for people with disabilities and special needs. ]
Freedombox - An all-in-one web browser, chat application, media player and dedicated system for blind people.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to Serotek Corporation, home of the FreedomBox! An all-in-one web browser, chat application, media player and portable network system for blind and diabled people. ]
Guide - An all-in-one software package featuring a self-voicing web browser from Software Express.
Meta Description: [ Easy to use software for blind and partially sighted computer users that has speech, magnification, scan-and-read and much much more. ]
IBM Home Page Reader - Uses IBM ViaVoice components. Requires Windows and Internet Explorer v5 or higher. 30-day trial available.
Meta Description: [ Dedicated to making a difference in the lives of those with disabilities. ]
Jaws Screen Reader Adaptation for Mozilla Firefox - Firefox extension that helps JAWS screenreader users use the open-source browser.
MozBraille - Self-voicing and Braille output based on the Mozilla browser.
MultiWeb - Browser for users with multiple disabilities, including speech engine and text enlargement. Works with switch devices and touch screens.
PnC Net - Magnifying and self-voicing web browser.
Premo Web Talkster - Talking browser for Windows, using Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Agent components.
Meta Description: [ Free audio, wav, mp3 editor and recorder. ]
pwWebSpeak - A self-voicing (speaking) web browser.
ReaderBot - A self-voicing web browser and website accessibility system from Advanced Chatbot Solutions.
Meta Description: [ Advanced Chatbot Solutions is your one stop shop for chatbots, text to speech, artificial intelligences, avatars, and other advanced interface technologies. ]
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Sensus - Tools include built-in synthetic speech, navigation using the keyboard and dynamic translation of documents.
Simply Web 2000 - Speech friendly, speech enabled, with features that allow easy navigation of complex pages by blind users.
The Wanna-Be Web Browser - Apple Mac text-only browser.
Twitter - All-in-one solution with web browsing capabilities.
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Web Talkster - Self-voicing web browser.
Meta Description: [ Free software ]
WebbIE - Web browser and other related utilities for blind and visually-impaired screen-reader users.
Meta Description: [ The free WebbIE web browser for blind and visually-impaired people. ]
WebFormator - Works with Internet Explorer and provides an accessible text-only re-presentation of a web page for a user's screen reader.
Meta Description: [ Frank Audiodata Homepage - Elektronische Hilfsmittel für Blinde und Sehbehinderte ]
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