Bridging the gap: between accessibility and usability

ABSTRACT

Guidelines for Accessible---and Usable---Web Sites: Observing Users Who Work With Screenreaders

REFERENCES

• 1: Bobby {automated checking program for compliance with Section 508}. Available at http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp
• 2: Humphrey, T., How the Internet Is Improving the Lives of Americans with Disabilities, Harris Poll #30, June 2000. Available at http://harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/printerfriend/index.asp?PID=93.
• 3: JAWS {a screenreader}. Available at www.freedomscientific.com
• 4: LIFT {automated checking program for compliance with Section 508}. Available at www.usablenet.com/lift_dw/lift_dw.html
• 5: National Center for Accessible Media, 2003, Making Educational Software and Web Sites Accessible: Design Guidelines. Available at http://ncam.wgbh.org/cdrom/guideline (especially for guidelines on coding well-behaved forms at http://ncam.wgbh.org/cdrom/guideline/guideline3.html).
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• 8: U.S. Department of the Census. Disabilities Affect One-Fifth of All Americans, Census Brief, CENBR/97-5, Dec. 1997.
• 9: Window-Eyes {a screenreader}. Available at www.gwmicro.com
• 10: World Health Organization, statistics quoted in paper cited by the IBM Accessibility Center at www-3.ibm.com/able/reasons.html.
• 11: www.tiresias.org {site with information on many assistive devices for vision-impaired users}
• 12: www.usability.gov {site with links to resources about accessibility, guidelines for good Web design, guidelines for writing for the Web}
• 13: www.w3.org/WAI/ {Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium}

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.3 Group and Organization Interfaces

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)