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ACCESSIBLE ANALYTICS USING SASED SUMMERS

SENIOR MANAGER OF ACCESSIBILITY

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MISSION

• The mission of the SAS accessibility tribe is to enable people of all abilities

to access the power of analytics.

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MOTIVATIONS

• Enable real people to do real work• Delightful experience for all users• Workforce sustainability• Level AA compliance with WCAG 2.0

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REMEDIATION PLANS

• Established WCAG 2.0 AA as an R&D standard for

all products, documentation training, and support

materials in June 2014 • All products are expected to meet that standard as

they transition from existing technologies to HTML5Armistead SappExecutive Vice President of R&D and Chief Technology Officer

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PRIORITIES

• Consumers of analytics …• Access charts, graphs, and reports on the web• View reports on a tablet • Download open data and its metadata

• Producers of analytics …• Extract, transform, and load data• Cleanse, match, and de-duplicate data• Build models• Design reports

Consumers

Producers

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ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Each product team owns responsibility for accessibility • Supported by centralized core team of accessibility SMEs

within the SAS Design team• SMEs are experts on WCAG, assistive technologies, ARIA• SMEs provide testing and consulting services • SMEs teach classes on a quarterly basis: WCAG, screen

readers, ARIA• SMEs host a weekly “accessibility clinic”• Video: Accessibility Day at SAS

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SAS DOCUMENTATION

• Accessibility features defined for most products • Proper use of headings • Proper markup for tables • Scalable graphics • Demo of equations in alternate formats

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SAS EDUCATION

• Training materials available in alternative formats • Training materials available prior to class • Sign language interpreter available upon request • New HTML5 eLearning container is almost WCAG 2.0 AA• Demo of captions and transcripts in SAS Programming 1 eLearning course

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SAS ENTERPRISE GUIDE

• Primary interface for statistical analysis • Create output for the web, tablets, print• Recent progress: high contrast theme, keyboard, screen reader, refreshable

braille display• Demo of SAS Enterprise Guide with JAWS

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SAS VISUAL ANALYTICS

• Zoom• Customizable focus indicator • Customizable themes including High Contrast • Landmarks• Keyboard interaction • Video: Landmarks in SAS Visual Analytics

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SAS MOBILE BI

• Zoom• Customizable themes including High Contrast • Many low vision features • Compatible with VoiceOver screen reader • Video: SAS Mobile BI low vision features• Video: Using SAS Mobile BI with VoiceOver

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FUTURE: ACCESSIBLE DATA VISUALIZATION

• ~285 million people with visual impairments do not have equal access to

data visualizations • Text descriptions are not sufficient • Tables are not sufficient • Tactile graphics are too expensive and require sighted assistance • Demo of Reach for the Stars

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