What’s Accessibility?

Definition

The degree to which a product, device, service or environment is available to as many people as possibleIt can be viewed as the “ability to access”

Accessibility in day to day life

What is relation with Computing?

"For people without disabilities, technology makes things convenient. For people with disabilities, it makes things possible.”

Judith Heumann

Computing Accessibility key issues

Importance of Accessibility

Examples

Accessible websites

E.g. London Olympics website: http://www.london2012.com/

Tools to test Web accessibility

WAVEFirefox Accessibility Extention

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