Joe 90
04-03-2008, 23:19
Hey, I've been on a course today at work called "ensuring website accessibility" which basically meant learning about how to create websites with dissabled users in mind.
We basically had to use a screen reader and a program that enlarges the screen to get an idea of what its like for some people to use the internet and then look at ways we can code in order to work better with screen readers.
Was a really interesting day and I've learnt a couple of things that I'd previously not really known too much about. Mainly lables and named anchors for links and forms.
Anyway i've got a load of links and some demo software, as well as a toolbar for firefox that is very similar to the web dev toolbar but does more toward this kind of accessibility.
I've got a list of links that provide some useful information on this - http://www.marksweb.co.uk/accessibility.php
Also I've also got some documentation (some of it quite lengthy official stuff) that i can send to anyone if they want it.
We basically had to use a screen reader and a program that enlarges the screen to get an idea of what its like for some people to use the internet and then look at ways we can code in order to work better with screen readers.
Was a really interesting day and I've learnt a couple of things that I'd previously not really known too much about. Mainly lables and named anchors for links and forms.
Anyway i've got a load of links and some demo software, as well as a toolbar for firefox that is very similar to the web dev toolbar but does more toward this kind of accessibility.
I've got a list of links that provide some useful information on this - http://www.marksweb.co.uk/accessibility.php
Also I've also got some documentation (some of it quite lengthy official stuff) that i can send to anyone if they want it.