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Is My Agency Accessible? Does It Have to Be?
Donna Lettow MSDE Division of Rehabilitation Services
Digital Accessibility Administrator [email protected]
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“Accessible” Something that is: nObtainable nUsable nUnderstandable
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Accessibility in the “Built Environment”
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Communication/Information that is: nObtainable nUsable nUnderstandable
“Digital” Accessibility?
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US Department of Justice says: A person with a disability can: n acquire the same information n engage in the same
interactions n enjoy the same services
as a person without a disability…
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Acquire the Same Information
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Engage in the Same Interactions
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Enjoy the Same Services
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US Department of Justice says: …in an equally effective and equally integrated manner, with substantially equivalent ease of use.
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The person with a disability must be able to obtain the information or perform the task as fully, equally and independently as a person without a disability.
US Department of Justice says:
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Who Benefits from Accessibility?
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Information Blind User Gets:
“Blank.”
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Information Sighted User Gets:
A paper document was scanned as an image, not OCR’ed or tagged as an accessible PDF.
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Information Blind User Gets: Please read this very important
message:
To continue, hit ENTER.
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Information Sighted User Gets: Please read this very important
message:
To continue, hit ENTER.
No alternate text in the document/ code to convey to a blind user what this graphic – literally a picture of text, not actual text – tells a sighted user
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Information Blind User Gets:
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Information Sighted User Gets:
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Information Blind User Gets:
“Edit. Type in Text.”
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Information Sighted User Gets:
Form fields aren’t labeled properly to tell the blind user what text to type in the fields, so all the screen reader can tell them is:
“Enter. Type in Text.”
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Who Benefits from Accessibility?
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Information Low Vision User Gets:
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Information Sighted User Gets: The deadline
for registration is June 15th.
Poor color contrast Contrast has to be a ratio of 4.5:1 or better for people with low vision to be able to read it well. This is only 1.5:1.
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Who Benefits from Accessibility?
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Information Colorblind User Gets:
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Information NON-Colorblind User Gets:
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Information ALL Users Can Get:
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Who Benefits from Accessibility?
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Information Deaf User Gets:
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Information Hearing User Gets:
Videos must have synchronized captions, as well as a written transcript or audio track describing what’s onscreen for the blind.
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Information Deaf User Gets:
“…how to use fellows for evaluations and to ensure they are tall…”
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Information Hearing User Gets:
YouTube’s “automated captioning” is notoriously inaccurate. When Google’s robots try to guess what your speakers are saying, they will guess WRONG!
“…how to use S.L.O's for evaluation and ensure they are a tool for…”
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Who Benefits from Accessibility?
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Who Benefits from Accessibility?
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Information a User Who Can’t Use a Mouse Gets: From an online course in Maryland schools:
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Information a User Who Uses a Mouse Gets:
Students who can’t use a mouse and must navigate using the keyboard can’t access important definitions by hovering with a mouse.
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Functionality a User Who Can’t Use a Mouse Gets:
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Functionality a User Who Uses a Mouse Gets:
People who can’t use a mouse because of mobility issues or because they’re blind can’t activate the button that lets them enter their time into their company’s payroll system.
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How does this apply to me and
my agency, organization, CRP?
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Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended
(29 U.S.C. § 794 (d))
Are You a Federal Agency? Are You a Federally Funded Program?
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Maryland IT Nonvisual Access Regulatory Standards
(COMAR 14.33.02.01-.12)
Are You a Maryland State Agency?
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I’m Not a Government Agency,
so I’m Exempt, Right?
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o Title I: Employment o Title III: Public Accommodations & Commercial Facilities
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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How Can I Check My Website?
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Tab – Space Bar - â - á - Esc
Put aside your mouse and see if you can use your website just by moving around with the keyboard.
nomouse.org
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No Mouse Challenge oCan I access all features? oCan I operate all the buttons,
sliders, and other controls? oCan I easily tell where I am on
the page?
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No Mouse Challenge o Example 1: DORS Website
dors.maryland.gov
o Example 2: Humanim Website www.humanim.org
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o Do videos have captions? o If so, are they accurate? o Are audio descriptions or
written description documents also available?
Manual Media Checks
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o Example 1: DORS Website dors.maryland.gov/consumers/benefits/Pages/SSI_SSDI.aspx
o Example 2: National Parks Service Website nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=ED6D94AF-07E4-5C42-CCEE7C0991198701
Manual Media Checks
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o Does the graphic have alternate text?
o Does the alternate text give the blind user the same information the sighted user gets from the graphic?
Alternate Text
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o alt=“Partially submerged otter” o alt=“sandiego-zoo_otter57.jpg”
Alternate Text
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Testing Toys
DORS Website > Resources > Presentations > MSDE Accessibility Materials
or go.usa.gov/xEEBH FireFox browser preferred
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o Example 1: MSDE Publications Website marylandpublicschools.org/about/Pages/OCP/Publications/index.aspx
o Example 2: The Arc Baltimore Website thearcbaltimore.org
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oHow difficult is the text to read in grayscale?
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WCAG Contrast Checker
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WCAG Contrast Checker
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Documents o If a document/attachment is on your
website, it must be accessible, just like the web pages themselves must be accessible.
o If you’re distributing a document and you don’t know all the potential recipients personally, it must be accessible.
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Testing Toys Microsoft Office
Accessibility Checker
File > Check for Issues > Check Accessibility
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PDFs If a document passes the Word Accessibility Checker, the resulting PDF should be accessible.
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Adobe Reader/Acrobat Read Out Loud
View > Read Out Loud > Activate Read Out Loud View > Read Out Loud > Read…
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o Example 1: Accessible PDF Pulse012019.pdf
o Example 2: Scanned PDF Pulse012019-scanned.pdf
Read Out Loud
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“Scan to PDF” A scanned paper document is generally
NOT accessible.
It is a photograph of a piece of paper.
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“Generally?” There are exceptions: o See if scanner can be set to do “OCR”
(Optical Character Recognition) or create a “searchable” PDF.
o Scan directly from Adobe Acrobat, set configuration for OCR or “searchable.”
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Both require crystal clear, crisp, legible, sharp paper documents!
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Accessible Forms If you expect
people to print your form and fill it out
with a pen on paper, it’s not
accessible.
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Accessible Forms
If you type some words and some lines in a Word document, that’s still
not an accessible form.
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Accessible Forms
It’s just a mess.
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Accessible Forms
If you put fillable form fields in a Word document so it can be filled in on a computer and used by a screen
reader, that’s an accessible form.
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Accessible Forms
Consider using an accessible survey
service like SurveyGizmo or Survey Monkey.
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Questions?