Another article along the lines of web accessibility myths and misconceptions.
In a non-scientific study conducted in the summer of 2002, we researched the availability of available Accesskeys which had not already been reserved by various other software technologies which might be employed by various users. The results indicated a real problem in that most ALT + __ keystroke combinations (assuming the Windows operating platform) have already been reserved by one type of application or another.
Excellent article from WebAim on the use of alternative text.
You must conduct user testing with a variety of end users, platforms, browsers, and assistive technologies to ensure that your Flash content is accessible to the widest array of users. You may need to re-evaluate your use of Flash. Perhaps another technology may work better. Because the vast majority of Flash content cannot be made natively accessible, it will probably be vital for you to provide a non-Flash alternative for those that cannot or choose not to access your Flash multimedia.
The above statement was taken from the link provided and has some useful info on making Flash more accessible
John Bradford outlines the principles of good web-page design for a dyslexic audience.
Designing for People with Partial Sight and Color Deficiencies.
This is a very informative article on the Adobe Acrobat .pdf file format and it's accessibility or lack there of to persons with disabilities.
A common method of limiting access to services made available over the Web is visual verification of a bitmapped image. This presents a major problem to users who are blind, have low vision, or have a learning disability such as dyslexia. This document examines a number of potential solutions that allow systems to test for human users while preserving access by users with disabilities.
Is page source order important to screen reader users? Recently, the idea of placing the informational content of a web page before the navigation has gained
some currency. This paper reports on our research into the relevance and importance of page source order, skip links and structural labels for screen reader
users.
by Russ Weakley
and
Lisa Miller
These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with disabilities.
This excellent article gives great insight and reason's why creating a text only site should be avoided.
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