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Development of Accessible E-documents and Programs for Visually Impaired

Development of Accessible E-documents and Programs for Visually Impaired. Peter Lecký. Contact:. Name: Peter Lecký e-mail: lecky@fmph.uniba.sk room number: I- 41 When: 07:30 - cca 15:30 Web: http://cezap.sk/~lecky/ Mailing list: acc_docs_apps@lists.dai.fmph.uniba.sk. Subject language.

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Development of Accessible E-documents and Programs for Visually Impaired

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  1. Development of Accessible E-documents and Programs for Visually Impaired Peter Lecký

  2. Contact: • Name: Peter Lecký • e-mail: lecky@fmph.uniba.sk • room number: I-41 • When: 07:30 - cca 15:30 • Web: http://cezap.sk/~lecky/ • Mailing list: acc_docs_apps@lists.dai.fmph.uniba.sk

  3. Subject language • Slides in English • Literature in English and Slovak (on the webpage) • all other in Slovak

  4. Knowledge requirements • Some basic experiences with HTML and CSS • Basic experiences with programming (delphi, c/c++, java)

  5. Subject requirements • till 15. november: choose one of possible projects • till 17. January: Finalize your project • Be in time (meet the deadlines)

  6. Project Choose (till 15. november) one of the following: • Make your web accessible: Change your personal webpage or webpage of your project to be accessible for visually impaired people • Improve accessibility of your application: Update your own application (or maybe some open - source application) to be accessible for visually impaired users • Web accessibility testing: Test web accessibility of one concrete site. Choose the site and discuss it with me. • Write an accessible AJAX application

  7. Topics of the course • What is screen reader: Basic information about screen reading programs, principles of use from users point of view • Accessibility of e-documents: Why are some documents (doc, rtf, ps,...) inaccessible and how to improve accessibility and usability • Web accessibility: Screen readers and the web, basic information about web accessibility standards, the biggest problems and how to solve them • ARIA: improving accessibility of AJAX applications

  8. Topics of the course2 • Web accessibility testing: automatic and manual testing, testing by real users • Screen readers and programming: how screen reader (for windows) works (programmers point of view), basic concepts, communication between screen reader and the system • Writing application with accessible user interface: Improving accessibility of own (non standard) UI components, existing standards and interfaces • Computer games for the blind: Examples of existing games, writing usable games • Screen readers for linux: Basic information about console and GUI screen readers, accessibility interfaces and standards

  9. Literature • RNDr. Branislav Mamojka, CSc., Mgr. Vojtech Regec, Ing. Peter Teplický: Metodická príručka na vytváranie a používanie prístupných elektronických dokumentov • http://ajepodpis.unss.sk/metodicka_prirucka.rtf • web accessibility: http://www.blindfriendly.sk • Implementing a Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) Server • Practical Tips for Developers and How Mozilla Does It • http://www.mozilla.org/access/windows/msaa-server • VÁGNER, Peter • Alternative ways of accessing information. [Bachelor Thesis]. • Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica. Faculty of Natural Science; Department of Informatics. • For more information see the web page of the course.

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