Web accessibility
with David Sloan, DMAG and Craig Mill, Assist-IT and Paul Brown
30thNov '05
About the event
In a rerun of last year's popular event the Scottish UPA, in association with the Digital Media Access Group, are pleased to stage another event on ‘Web accessibility - presentation and demonstration'. This event formed part of the Access in the Digital World conference in Dundee.The importance of web accessibility is increasingly recognised. More and more people are referring to the accessibility guidelines from the W3C, but many are not aware of assistive technologies or how computer users apply them. In this event David Sloan from DMAG gave an introduction to web accessibility and then looked at the benefits of having an accessible website and the importance of usability to users with disabilities.
Then Craig Mill from Assist-IT gave a wideranging
demonstration of assistive hardware and software, ranging from adapted
keyboards and mice, to voice recognition software and infrared
keyboard. Craig explained how he worked with clients to find the best
solution to help them access a computer effectively.
Finally Paul Brown, a JAWS user, demonstrated what it was like to browse websites using this popular screen reader. He also talked about some of the common problems he encounters on website and how they can be resolved.
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