Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities (R & D Developer Series)

✍ Scribed by Mike Paciello

• Publisher: CMP
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 418
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Key Benefits Comply with all legal mandates and standards Master HTML enhancements for accessibility Employ the best accessibility tools Make your Web site accessible to everyone! This definitive resource provides Internet and Web administrators and devel Make your Web site accessible to everyone! This definitive resource provides everything you need to understand the laws, the needs of the disabled, and the processes of site evaluation and implementation. Includes development tools and utilities, techniques for adjusting HTML tags, scripts and other code to improve accessibility.

✦ Table of Contents

Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities......Page 3
Copyright Page......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 13
Preface......Page 15
What You’ll Learn......Page 16
How This Book Is Organized......Page 17
Contacting Me......Page 18
Acknowledgments......Page 19
About the Author......Page 21
Part I: The Web and People with Disabilities......Page 23
In This Chapter......Page 25
Why Make Your Site Accessible?......Page 26
Getting to Know the Disability Communities......Page 28
500 Million and Growing — A New Market Niche......Page 33
Applying the Golden Rule......Page 37
Summary......Page 43
References......Page 44
In This Chapter......Page 45
The Fifth Principle......Page 46
Understanding the “Casey Martin Syndrome”......Page 47
Using the ADA to Enforce Web Accessibility......Page 52
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act......Page 55
Additional U.S. Policies and Standards That Promote Accessibility......Page 57
International Policies and Standards......Page 61
Summary......Page 66
References......Page 67
In This Chapter......Page 69
The WAI Guidelines......Page 70
Standards......Page 75
Best Practices and Guidelines......Page 77
Additional Support Guidelines......Page 87
References......Page 89
In This Chapter......Page 91
Access Technologies for People with Disabilities......Page 92
Additional Web Accessibility Barriers......Page 104
Summary......Page 105
References......Page 106
Part II: Accessible Web Site Design......Page 107
In This Chapter......Page 109
Introduction to Accessibility Design Issues......Page 110
If You Already Have a Web Site......Page 114
If You Are Creating a New Web Site......Page 116
Summary of HTML 4.0 Enhancements for Accessibility......Page 117
The Importance of Separating Structure from Presentation......Page 118
Describe Everything......Page 119
Increase Efficiency......Page 124
Creating Accessible Forms......Page 126
Frames and Tables......Page 129
References......Page 140
In This Chapter......Page 141
Performing a Web Site Accessibility Review......Page 142
Validation Services......Page 147
Testing Utilities and Tools......Page 155
Resources......Page 160
In This Chapter......Page 161
Accessibility Browsers......Page 162
Text Browsers......Page 176
GUI Browsers......Page 178
Telephony Systems......Page 194
Summary......Page 196
References......Page 197
Why Worry About Tools?......Page 199
Text Editors......Page 203
Visual Editors......Page 214
Converters......Page 231
Guidelines for Creating Accessible Authoring Tools......Page 232
Summary......Page 233
References......Page 234
Web Programming and Accessibility......Page 235
Java Accessibility Programs......Page 236
Microsoft Active Accessibility and Java......Page 240
Java Speech API......Page 243
References......Page 247
Part III: Development Resources......Page 249
In This Chapter......Page 251
Introduction to Accessibility Tools......Page 252
Operating System Tools......Page 253
Screen Readers......Page 264
Multimedia Tools......Page 269
Other Useful Web Accessibility Services......Page 276
Summary......Page 280
References......Page 281
In This Chapter......Page 283
The National Technology Grid......Page 284
Personal Computing......Page 286
The Web and TV......Page 288
Software Architectures......Page 290
Achieving Pervasive Accessibility......Page 294
References......Page 296
In This Chapter......Page 297
Identifying the Industry Supporters......Page 298
Interesting Research Organizations......Page 301
Accessing Government Agencies......Page 303
Contacting Charities and Nonprofits......Page 305
Disability Support Organizations......Page 306
Other Useful Sites......Page 307
Summary......Page 309
In This Chapter......Page 311
Disability Organizations......Page 312
Charities and Nonprofits......Page 316
Education and Research Sites......Page 320
U.S. Government Resources......Page 322
International Government Resources......Page 324
Commercial Sites......Page 325
Informational Sites......Page 329
Summary......Page 331
W3C Recommendation 5-May-1999......Page 333
Abstract......Page 334
Status of this document......Page 335
Table of Contents......Page 336
Cascading Style Sheets......Page 369
Glossary......Page 395
Index......Page 403