Website Accessibility, a Priority?

[smeagain]

Tis a Legal requirement in the UK, covered by DDA legislation, so yes I do design with Accessibility in mind and have done for some time.

[TnT]

Out of interest, has anyone paid for or been awarded a WAI / level 1 2 or 3 certificate to go with their website?

It seems costly, and I'm quite sure only niche / targeted websites would probably pay for such a certification, but just wondering if anyone here has?

[tb987]

Originally Posted by dman_2007

Does anyone here know about any good online tool which check how accessible a website is?

Check this out IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center: aDesigner. The simulation tools are scary - no more grey on grey menus. It is frigtening what happens to you ability to see contrast as you get older - it is happening to me and is going to get worse.

This firefox plugin is a must and has built in accessibility checker https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60

I think something like 40% (if I remember the presentation rightly) of Web users have accessibility issues of some kind - many people often assume that accessibility means catering for people with visual impairments of some kind, but it includes people with learning difficulties, dyslexia, deafness and problems with motor skills (navigation keys)

Some tips I picked up that are a real pain for blind Web users - links open in same browser window, use meaningful title tags for links, make anchor text meaningful i.e. not read more etc, give all images alt tags and leave them blank if they add nothing of interest e.g. don't use alt="logo"

Cheers,

Tony

[hasan_889]

check this url for vivid accessibility check www(dot)cynthiasays(dot)com

its a excellent tool.

Originally Posted by hasan_889

check this url for vivid accessibility check www(dot)cynthiasays(dot)com

its a excellent tool.

Very nice tool hasan, thanks for sharing it with us. +rep added.

[tb987]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60 provides simple access to the Cynthiasays.com to vailidate WAI etc