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March 2010 Artur Ortega
25th Annual International Technology & Persons with
Disabilities Conference
Importance of Accessibility for a Successful and
Future-proof business
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Who is Artur Ortega?
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Who is Artur Ortega?
Blind Software Engineer
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IntroductionPhoto: Stephen Schobloch
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Accessibility
a11y
QA
i18nLegal
UED
SEO
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Reasons for Accessibility
• Social responsibility• Avoiding risk of lawsuits• Robustness• Revenue
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Diversity
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Usergroups
• Silver Surfers• People with disabilities
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Standard
WCAG 2.0 consist of four principles:
Principle 1: PerceivableInformation and user interface components must be presentableto users in ways they can perceive.
Principle 2: OperableUser interface components and navigation must be operable.
Principle 3: UnderstandableInformation and the operation of the user interface must beunderstandable.
Principle 4: RobustContent must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliablyby a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies.
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Laws
US: Section 508UK: DDAUN: Convention on Disability Rights
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How everything fits together
WCAG 2.0
Legal
Users
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Silver Surfer
Definition: an older user of the Internet, usually someone over 50.
Etymology: a humorous reference to the comic book character and also to the fact that older people who surf (= use) the Internet often have grey or silver-coloured hair.
Source: Oxford University Press 2010 http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/teachersites/oald7/wotm/wotm_archive/silver_surfer?cc=global
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Users with disabilities
• Visually impaired• Blind• Hard of hearing• Deaf• Dyslexic• Reduced mobility• Learning disability• Situative disability
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Family & Friends
Accessibility attracts not only people with disabilities but
also their families and friends.
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Usergroups: a detailed view
Usergroups:a detailed view
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Older Internet Users
Older users were more likely to use the internet to access
- travel information
- health and medical information(46<=> 36%)
Source: Nielsen Panorama Survey, April 2007-March 2008 (N = 21,570 for 14+ years age
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Understanding Connectedness
• Removes feelings of isolation• Being able to communicate with family
overseas• Maintain daily contact with relative in
time of sickness or adversity • Ability to stay involved in work
Source: Understanding Personal Connectedness, CTN presentation at the Communications Policy and Research Forum, Tuesday 30 September 2008, http://www.networkinsight.org/verve/_resources/CPRF08_Program_110808_.pdf
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Keeping up with technology changes
Technology attItudes: “I try to keep up with technology” (Results by Age %, n = 17,527)
Source: Nielsen Panorama, March 2008
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Keeping up with technology changes
Two thirds of Australians found it difficult to keep up with technological changes.
Older age groups were least likely to 'try to keep up with technology' (44%) than other age groups.Source: Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Consumer Survey, June 2008
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Users with disabilities
A study conducted in Germany in 2008 found that:• They use web 2.0 above average• They use the web for compensating disabilities• They use the web differently depending on disability• They consider web 2.0 very useful• They use the web independently with the assistive technology • They find that the barriers they face are always quite similar: e.g.
visual captchas, usability, language, inconsistency• They are quite creative to overcome the barriers when the site is
useful or of interest• Their way of communication is reflected in the web 2.0
Source: >Chance und Risiken des Internets der Zukunft aus Sicht von Menschen mit Behinderungen<, Study by "Aktion Mensch" in Germany
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Creativity to overcome barriers
Blind users take photos and share them on flickr.
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Useful Web 2.0 and mobile connectivity
Mobile application keeps person with diabetes in contact with the clinic and helps to monitor values.
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Similar requirements:classic & situative
disability
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Subtitles for video
More than 120 million Americans benefit from subtitles including:
• 28 million deaf and hard-of- hearing people
• 26 million elementary school children practicing reading skills
• 30 million people learning English as a second language
• 40 million Americans ages 16 and older learning to read.
Without counting:• all users in a silent office• users in a mall or gym• etc.
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Driving a car
• Can't use hands
• Can't use eyes
• Only reduced attention
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Situative disability
Instead of distinguishing between being disabled and not disabled, we have only requirements on the situative context. Source (german): Barrierefreies eGovernment, by Herbert Kubicek, Henning Lühr, Beate Schulte http://www.ifib.de/publikationsdateien/Barrierefrei.pdf
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Yahoo!
For people 55+ in Japan:
• web-based email grew 88% to 7 million users in November 2008
• more than 20% of all visitors to email site category.
“The increase in visitation to email sites has largely been driven by an increase in usage among the older age segments, reflecting the maturation of the Internet as a communication vehicle,” said Maru Sato, managing director of comScore Japan. Source: comScore, Inc. January 15, 2008 http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2009/1/Email_Usage_Japan/
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Failures
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Difficulties: Where are the issues today?
Study with adults aged 50-85 years how they usedthe Internet related to Medicare services:
Results indicated many of them:
• made errors• used inefficient search strategies• encountered search problems• encountered problems with usability • were frustrated interacting with the website
Source: 1 Kuhn and Al., What Types of Difficulties do Seniors Encounter When Using the Internet to Make Health Care Decisions? Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting Proceedings, 53rd meeting, October 2007, Maryland USA. Aging , pp. 11-14(4)
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Solution: Improvement by accessibility
Principle 1: PerceivableInformation and user interface components must be presentableto users in ways they can perceive.
Principle 2: OperableUser interface components and navigation must be operable.
Principle 3: UnderstandableInformation and the operation of the user interface must beunderstandable.
Principle 4: RobustContent must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliablyby a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies.
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Outlook: what can we improve?
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Audio captchas
Adding an audio alternative to the visual existing one
• no longer excluding visually impaired users
• increases user group• reacting to negative PR on the web
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WAI-ARIA
Adding roles to AJAX based web applications
• makes AJAX work with screen readers• makes AJAX work with screen magnifiers• adds semantic information about dynamic content
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Using a proper html structure
• better SEO• better usability for keyboard users• better usability for screen reader and screen
magnifier users• consistency
Semantic markup
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Subtitles for video
The request and ability to store and display subtitles
• opens video for a wider range of users• videos can be consumed on other markets• makes video work in difficult environments
regarding noise
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Conclusion
a11y
QA
i18n
Legal
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UED SEO
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DiversityP
hotos: Attila H
usejow, Luke R
obinson
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Artur Ortega
Accessibility Evangelist Yahoo! Europe Ltd 125 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8AD United Kingdom [email protected]