Digital accessibility and intranets

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Digital accessibility and intranets Intranätverk, 20 May 2015

Pia Flodquist

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Copyright CC- BY Illustrations @PiaFlodquist

= please share but set pictogram.se #webbriktlinjer

source webbriktlinjer.se thenounproject.com

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Agenda

»Why?

»Who?

»What?

»How?

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Created by Irene Hoffman & Lazar Nikolic from the Noun Project

Why?

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WHY?

Why?

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» Proportion of

Sweden's population

with some type of

disability.

Source: Statistiska centralbyrån, Jordbruksverket

Who?

8 Source: Statistiska centralbyrån, Centrum för lättläst

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25% 15%

We all have special needs!

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What? Alt-tags are important, but there is a lot more!

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What?

1. Perceivible

2. Operable

3. Understandable

4. Robust

WCAG

4 principles for accessibilty

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Possible to perceive for those

who use their ears or fingers Code for screen readers!

• Describe everything important

with text

• Label on input fields

• Correct H-tags (headings)

• Set language with lang-tags

• ARIA landmarks

• ARIA live

• Try a screen reader!

Offer speech synthesis?

Simultaneous signing video?

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Possible to perceive for

those who use their eyes

Texta video! Transkribera tal! Teckentolka?

• Contrast (background &

text)

• Resize text 200%

• Do not </blink>

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»Use colors with good contrast.

» Tool: Colour contrast analyser

(the paciellogroup)

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Possible to perceive

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Operable

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Operable

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• Do not place links too close.

• Highlight links graphically.

• Make one link (icon + text).

• Enlarge clickable areas.

Links, clickable areas and

navigation has to be operable

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Understandable

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Tydliga rubriker och länkar

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Understandable -

headings and links

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Understandable structur

• Content – distinct

headings!

• Keywords.

• The most important

content first.

• Verb.

• Correct use of h-tags.

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“… says Stockholm County Council in a

new report on health care. To read the

full report, click here.“

Write instead:

“… says Stockholm County Council in the

report." Quality indicators of health

care“ (pdf 1.5 MB)

Understandable links

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Understandable feedback

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Robust

Responsive

Robust

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How?

Guidelines - Webbriktlinjer.se

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Demand for procurement:

• WCAG 2.0 AA

• Experience of accessibility

guidelines – webbriktlinjer.se

CC-BY Åke Walldius, Clas Thorén,

Användningsforum.se

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Usability testing

with real users!

Test regularly!

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– Validator.w3.org

– Colorbrewer - maps

– Fangs (screen reader test)

– VoiceOver (screen readers)

– Resizer – see different

resolution

– Colour Contrast analysis

Use tools

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How?

• Determine

• Partition the

responsibility

• Assign resources

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Pia Flodquist @PiaFlodquist

[email protected]

Metamatrix facebook.com/metamatrix.ab

@metamatrix

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