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Digital Documentation As Accessible As Possible

Digital Documentation As Accessible As Possible. Enda P Guinan & Claire McAvinia NUI Maynooth. Digital Documents. Practical Benefits. Take advantage of the medium Create large documents more efficiently Re-use material easily Helps ensure ease of access. Let Everyone Get Your Work.

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Digital Documentation As Accessible As Possible

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  1. Digital DocumentationAs Accessible As Possible Enda P Guinan & Claire McAvinia NUI Maynooth

  2. Digital Documents

  3. Practical Benefits • Take advantage of the medium • Create large documents more efficiently • Re-use material easily • Helps ensure ease of access

  4. Let Everyone Get Your Work • Visually impaired users • Screenreaders can 'see' text in good docs • Tags add navigability • Restricted mobility users • Text reflow on the page reduces need to move mouse • People with dyslexia, dyspraxia etc • Can use with assistive technology • Can repurpose as audio/print • Can choose own fonts, colour schemes, layout

  5. Checklist • Will plain text do? • Match format with context • Can users download, open and manipulate you material easily? • Not sure about fonts, colours? - Let your user decide • Are images needed?

  6. Plain text & HTML • Can be read by almost anything. • Alternative to/accompany PDF/PowerPoint? • Retains useful tags for screenreaders etc. • Easily repurposed • Moodle

  7. In conclusion • Minor changes = greater access • People with disabilities • Distance/international students • Less competent users • Variety of devices, platforms • Good practice = more efficiency • Simple text = most accessible & flexible • More info @ digidocs.nuim.ie

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