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Bridging the gap: between accessibility and usability

Published: 01 November 2003 Publication History

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

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Bobby {automated checking program for compliance with Section 508}. Available at http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp
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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.
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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
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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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President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities (now U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy), Marketing to Customers with Disabilities, July 1997. Available at www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/ek97/market.html
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Rubenstein, R. and Hersh, H. The Human Factor: Designing Computer Systems for People, Digital Press, 1984.
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Window-Eyes {a screenreader}. Available at www.gwmicro.com
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World Health Organization, statistics quoted in paper cited by the IBM Accessibility Center at www-3.ibm.com/able/reasons.html.
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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}
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www.w3.org/WAI/ {Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium}

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      cover image Interactions
      Interactions  Volume 10, Issue 6
      Bridging the gap
      November + December 2003
      56 pages
      ISSN:1072-5520
      EISSN:1558-3449
      DOI:10.1145/947226
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      New York, NY, United States

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      Published: 01 November 2003
      Published in INTERACTIONS Volume 10, Issue 6

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