webanywhere - experiences with a new delivery model for access technology
DESCRIPTION
Updates on the progress and potential of the WebAnywhere web-based screen reader.TRANSCRIPT
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Wendy ChisholmDepartment of Computer Science
University of Washington
Richard LadnerDepartment of Computer Science
University of Washington
Jeffrey P. BighamROC HCI Group
Department of Computer ScienceUniversity of Rochester
WebAnywhere: Experiences with a New Delivery Model for Access Technology
WebAnywhereScript
EmbeddedPlayer
WebPage
Web
Client Web Browser
Sound Players
Flash PlayerTransformedWeb Page
Client-Side WebAnywhere
WebProxy
Text to Speech
Server-Side WebAnywhere
http://www2008.org
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WebAnywhereScript
EmbeddedPlayer
WebPage
Web
Client Web Browser
Sound Players
Flash PlayerTransformedWeb Page
Client-Side WebAnywhere
WebProxy
Text to Speech
Server-Side WebAnywhere
WebAnywhereSystem http://www2008.org
Bigham et al. “WebAnywhere: A Screen Reader On-the-Go” W4A 2008.
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WebAnywhere Traffic
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11/15/2008 1/31/2010
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Worldwide Audience
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Interesting Qualities
Free - users need an affordable option - something to fall back on
No Installation - no installation means usable in more places
Low-Cost Distribution & Updates - each time users visit WA they get the newest version
Who would actually use WebAnywhere?
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Who
Not everyone was blind People with reading difficulties People with low vision Web developers Educators
People from all over the world!
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New Version
Speech Recognition
Highlighted Content
High-contrast and magnified view
- More languages- Better Mouse Support
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“Eye” Tracking
Bigham and Murray. “WebTrax: Visualizing Non-Visual Web Interactions.” ICCHP 2010.
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Accessibility By Demonstration
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DeveloperUser
Demonstrates Accessibility Problem
Iterative Improvement
Demonstration of Accessibility Problem
http://domain.org/XN2320
Goto http://statefruits.org/Ctrl+T (next table)Tab (next focusable)Tab (next focusable)Tab (next focusable)Tab (next focusable)Tab (next focusable)Tab (next focusable)
http://statefruits.org/
http://statefruits.org/
User Demonstration
Bigham et al. “Accessibility by Demonstration: Enabling End Users to Guide Developersto WebAccessibility Solutions.” Coming Soon.
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Design to Read
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Leverage WA in Your Research
http://webanywhere.googlecode.com
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WA in 3 Steps and 30 Seconds
Apache with PHP
svn checkout http://webanywhere.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ wa
Access at http://<yourhost>/wa/
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THE END
http://webanywhere.googlecode.com
Thanks to NSF, Andrew Mellon Foundation, Ivona
WebAnywhereScript
EmbeddedPlayer
WebPage
Web
Client Web Browser
Sound Players
Flash PlayerTransformedWeb Page
Client-Side WebAnywhere
WebProxy
Text to Speech
Server-Side WebAnywhere
http://www2008.org