Usability & Usability Testing (Continued)
Articles and Resources Usability & Usability Testing.
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Accessibility
- Accessibility Links - HCI Webliography links to information about making computers and software more accessible to persons with disabilities.
- Adaptive Technology Computing Site The Adaptive Technology Computing Site (ATCS) at the University of Michigan is an ergo-assistive work-study computing environment. The site is designed to accommodate the information technology needs of physically, visually, learning, and ergonomically impaired individuals.
- Bobby this free service will allow you to test web pages and help expose and repair barriers to accessibility and encourage compliance with existing accessibility guidelines, such as Section 508 and the W3C's WCAG.
- DO-IT has links to topics in Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology.
- Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center (ITTATC) provides accessibility training and technical assistance related to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act.
- Trace Center at College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison is currently working on ways to make standard information technologies and telecommunications systems more accessible and usable by people with disabilities.
- Universal Usability Practice principles and strategies for practicioners designing universally usable sites.
- Usability.gov a resource for designing accessible websites and interfaces.
- Vischeck simulates colorblind vision. Daltonize corrects images for colorblind viewers.
- access e learning a free,online ten-module tutorial that offers information, instructional techniques, and practice labs on how to make the most common needs in distance education accessible for individuals with disabilities.
- AccessibleNet.org a Web Accessility portal containing around 503 links about accessibility.
- ADA Technical Assistance Program comprehensive resources for information on the Americans with Disabilities Act and accessible information technology.
- Adaptive Technology Resource Centre advances information technology that is accessible to all; through research, development, education, proactive design consultation and direct service.
- Adobe Accessibility makes electronic information more accessible to people with disabilities including but not limited to: blindness, low vision, hearing, or motor impairments.
- Apple Accessibility helping people with disabilities access their personal computer. Includes a wide variety of features and technologies specifically designed to provide accessibility to users with disabilities.
- BLYNX Lynx Support Files Tailored for Blind and Visually Handicapped Users.
- CAST is a nonprofit organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals, especially those with disabilities, through the research and development of innovative, technology-based educational resources and strategies.
- Compatibility & Accessibility All Things Web works towards the creation of an accessible, truly World-wide Web.
- W3C Accessibility Initiative Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
- UCLA's Disabilities and Computing Program works toward access to computer software, hardware and electronic information which is critical for the educational and career achievement of many people with disabilities.
- GNOME offers an easy to understand desktop for your Linux or UNIX computer.
- Disability Resources on the Internet a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities live, learn, love, work and play independently.
- Dive Into Accessibility This book answers two questions. The first question is "Why should I make my web site more accessible? The second question is "How can I make my web site more accessible?"
- EASI Online Training on Accessible Information Technology for Persons with Disabilities.
- Electronic and Information Technology Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires access to electronic and information technology procured by Federal agencies.
- Electronic and Information Technology Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires access to electronic and information technology procured by Federal agencies.
Accessibility Tools
- Illinois Accessible Web Publishing Wizard provides a simple way to create highly accessible and standards compliant web versions of Office documents that are more accessible and usable by everyone, including people with disabilities.
- WebXACT is a free online service that lets you test single pages of web content for quality, accessibility, and privacy issues.
- Cynthia Says is a web content accessibility validation solution, it is designed to identify errors in your content related to Section 508 standards and/or the WCAG guidelines.
- Home Page Reader brings the world of the Internet to users who are blind or have low vision. It is an award-winning, talking Web browser that uses the power of speech to aid users in exploring the World Wide Web.
- Speaks For Itself a cross browser that permits any site to communicate its' owners message in spoken words as well as pictures and text in true 16 bit audio.
- Visolve is the software that transforms colors of the computer display into the discriminable colors for various people including people with color vision deficiency, commonly called color blindness. One of its aims is to help people with color blindness guess a normal color.
- WAVE is a Web accessibility tool that checks Web pages for people with disabilities.
- Web Accessibility Toolbar aids manual examination of web pages for a variety of aspects of accessibility.
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