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Workshop 5Disabilities & Assistive
Technology for the Web
Web Content Accessibility Project
Funded by BCcampus
Natasha Boskic, Kirsten Bole, Nathan Hapke
University of British Columbia
Workshop schedule
• Monday August 21Basics of Web Accessibility
• Tuesday August 22Coding an Accessible Website
• Wednesday August 23Accessible Multimedia
• Thursday August 24Creating Usable Content
• Friday August 25Disabilities & Assistive Technology
What you’ll get out of this
• Understanding of disabilities and how they affect computer use
• Learn what technologies can be used to get around these obstacles
• Can take this knowledge into consideration when planning an online course or website…
• …and when accommodating a disabled student in a classroom course.
Learning/Cognitive
• Learning & emotional disorders most common disability at UBC
• Learning disorders: dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD
• Cognitive disorders: brain injury, autism, dementia
• Most difficult to adapt for since there is so much variation
Difficulties experienced
• Attention & concentration
• Resolving written words
• Comprehension of written text
• Planning and time management
• Problem-solving
Everyday items
• Not all AT has to be high-tech
• Day planners
• Calculators
• Sticky notes & highlighters
• Spelling & grammar checkers
Assistive technology
• Similar to low-vision AT
• Screen reader reads text aloud
• Literacy software aids with pronunciation, highlights current line being read
• Predictive typing helps choose right word
• Time management software, palmtops
• Academic advice & consultation
Vision
• Most profoundly affected by Web
• Web is extremely visual
• Web developers need to accommodate needs more than for any other group
Physical/motor
• Little or no control of hands
• Injury or condition
• Adaptive keyboards & pointing devices
• Built-in accessibility features for Windows and Mac
• Additional software
Adaptive keyboards
• Keyguards allow hands to rest on keys
• Mini-keyboards minimize hand motion
• Datahand uses finger movement only…
• orbitTouch needsno fine movementat all.
Adaptive pointing devices
• Many alternatives to the standard mouse
• Also can help prevent RSI
• Trackball
• Trackpad
• Graphics tablet
Hands-free computing
• Voice recognition software
• On-screen keyboard
• Head-tracking mouse
• Foot mouse
Accessibility features in OS
• Windows & Mac– Sticky keys / filter keys– Screen magnifiers– Mouse & cursor control– Keyboard navigation– Visual alert
• Windows– On-screen keyboard
• Mac– Speech recognition for specific commands
Hearing
• Web most beneficial to hearing-impaired
• Obstacles include videos, mp3s, podcasts
• Often not essential to course material
• Closed-captioning, transcripts
• Hearing aids
Try it yourself…
• Change the accessibility options in your OS.
• Can you navigate a web site by keyboard alone?
• Download & try a trial version of a screenreader. Can you understand a site read aloud without looking at the screen?
Thank you for coming!
• Natasha Boskic ([email protected])• Kirsten Bole ([email protected])• Nathan Hapke ([email protected])
• Thanks to the Neil Squire Foundation for introducing us to different types of assistive technology.