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["Brad B. McCormick" <mccormickb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One of the best resources is the BOBBY resource,
(http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp), but this is by no
means the most comprehensive.

The best benchmark is the Government's 508 standard
(www.access-board.gov/508.htm), which goes well beyond Bobby.  We've built a
number of website for the government that exceed 508--if you plan well and
know what you are doing, its really not that tough.

A few basic guidelines:
**Never use an image for Navigation when text will do (always use text!)
**Make sure you site's page layout will allow for text increases (ie layout
still makesn sense when some choose largest text size).
**create skip tags in HTML code
**make sure alt tags go beyond normal descritions and actual provide
content/menaing to the images.

In my humble opinion, most of these guidelines should be followed for most
websites, regardless of accessiblility needs.


Brad B. McCormick 
Senior Producer 
Ruder Finn, NYC 
212.593.6492 
212-715-1663 (fax) 
646-662-6297 (cell) 
rfinteractive.com
mrpicassohead.com



-----Original Message-----
From: tonyzeoli [mailto:tonyzeoli@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 12:04 AM
To: webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [webproducers] Re: creating accessible websites and how it
impacts the project life cycle


I'm assuming that he means what does is cost in extra development time to 
take into consideration accessibility issues, for example making the site 
compliant for the hearing or visibly impaired with either text or audio that

can be accessed automatically when you visit a web site.

I don't have any resources, but I'll look around. I did learn a little about

this in my last semester at NYU.

These types of issues are really relevant to the health care industry or the

government, whose regulations require that web sites need to be accessible 
for the elderdly and the handicapped.

Tony Z.
> Zahid,
>  is there a chance you can re-phrase your wording.
> 
> "creating accessible websites impact on the project life cycle" -- quite
> possible it's me don't understand this.
> Please elaborate.
> 
> Sergei
> 
> ********
> Can anyone give me some advice on the subject creating accessible websites
> impact on the project life cycle?
> > Any useful  thoughts, websites, books and resources would be
appreciated.
> >
> > still had no responses hmmmm .......... I wonder why ?
> >
> > Many Thanks
> >
> > Zahid Hossain
> 
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