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Welcome. Presentation by Gavin Evans and Jaime Purvis. Who are we?. The Digital Accessibility Centre is a Social Enterprise – limited by guarantee and operating on a not-for-profit basis.
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Welcome Presentation by Gavin Evansand Jaime Purvis
Who are we? The Digital Accessibility Centre is a Social Enterprise – limited by guarantee and operating on a not-for-profit basis. Most of our employees are people with disabilities and some have over 10 years experience in the field of Digital Accessibility on multiple platforms. Our business is…… Digital Product Accessibility
What is Mobile Web Accessibility? Ensuring that all mobile web based platforms and applications are accessible to ALL regardless of disability “It’s all about empowering developers to use Web Standards that reduce bandwidth, invite innovation and promote good coding practices across the Web.” [Opera, 2013]
Guidelines Sets of guidelines created to help users with disabilities to experience the web as fully as non-disabled people. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) Mobile Web Best practices (MWBP) Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Mobile Accessibility • 62 W3C Mobile Best Practices • 7 sections covered by WCAG 2.0 • 15 sections partially related to WCAG 2.0 • 40 sections Mobile compliance only
What types of access issues do you need to take into consideration? Physical Cognitive Hearing Vision
People with Cognitive Impairments There are many different types of cognitive impairment Reading age may be lower May be easily distracted Dyslexia needs to be considered
Mobile Accessibility for Better Connected 14 Criteria that accessibility for Better Connected is measured upon • Website delivers a mobile dedicated design • Page titles • Heading Structure • Limit scrolling to one direction • Content reachable in sequence • Clear labels and instructions for forms • Meaningful links in context • Image alt text • Colour contrast • Font sizes • Avoidance of movement on pages • Auto starting audio/video • Flashing content • Non-HTML documents
How do you get this done? Choose an accessibility champion Write a mobile policy Include references to current guidelines (WCAG 2.0) (MWBP) Involve project managers, developers, content authors Audit or test through all stages of the process Get expert help or certify content Get Users involved, Get Users involved, Get users involved
Live Demo Jaime Purvis – iOS and VoiceOver
Digital Accessibility CentreStephen Lloyd Suite, Llan Coed House,Llandarcy, Neath, SA10 6FG.Telephone: 01792 815267info@digitalaccessibilitycentre.orgwww.digitalaccessibilitycentre.org Thank you