[webproducers] Re: Website accessibility

Hi Karen,

Here's a list of resources I keep.  Hope it's helpful.

LIST OF RESOURCES
http://www.section508.gov
http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/508standards.htm
http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.htm
www.usdoj.gov/crt/508/508home.html
http://www.w3.org/
http://www.usability.gov/accessibility/index.html
http://www.webaim.org/standards/508/excerpts
http://www.iqsolutions.com/accessibility/section%20508/whatis508.htm

TOOLS FOR CHECKING/CREATING YOUR SITE
http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/existingtools.html
(Provides a list of tools)

www.usablenet.com 
(Make Lift, a tool for creating accessible sites)

http://www.cast.org/bobby/
(Free Compatibility checker) 

http://aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca/links.htm
(Free demo compatibility software, how-to's, Helpful Links, FAQ's)

http://www.macromedia.com/accessibility
(Free compatibility extensions, how-to's, FAQ's) 

http://www-3.ibm.com/able/hpr.html
(Home Page Reader for testing - Spoken Internet and
web access for blind and visually impaired $117 for
Digital download, $142 for Boxed Software) 

http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws.asp
(JAWS for Windows - Most popular screen reader, but
Expensive! $795)

http://www.usablenet.com/lift_online/index.htm
(tests for compliance with usability and accessibility standards, including
section 508 and W3C. Provides a printout. $299.


M Jasmine Sante
jsante@xxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: Keren Solomon [mailto:kerensolomon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 1:07 PM
To: webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [webproducers] Website accessibility


Hi all.

Can anybody point me to some links about website accessibility?  What's
required under the ADA, what are best practices when trying to make a site
accessible, etc.  There's tons of information out there, but I feel like
much of it is outdated.  I'm trying to create an executive summary for a
client, and I want to be able to say something like "Recent ADA-related
legislative initiatives require that websites be accessible to users who
blah blah blah.  When designing a site, these rules should be followed --
include ALT tags for people who view websites in text-only mode because blah
blah blah,  use of red-green colors schemes may make it difficult for
color-blind users to see, blah blah blah"

If you guys could help me fill in the blah blah blahs, it would be much
appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

keren

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