http://www.trabian.com/articles/2006/03/10/how-accessible-is-your-site en-us 40 <p>Web accessibility involves making sure your website is usable by anyone and everyone, especially those with disabilities. With such a broad and sometimes overwhelming spectrum to consider, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_readers">screen reader</a> accommodation for the blind and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_recognition">speech recognition</a> compliance for those who can&#8217;t use a mouse or keyboard, accessibility can be a very difficult thing to assess.</p> <p>Web standards, accessibility, and usability specialist <a href="http://www.456bereastreet.com/">Roger Johansson</a> has recently released part one of a three-part series explaining how to make your site the most usable for the widest audience.</p><p>From his introduction:</p> <blockquote> <p>Many people, web developers as well as website owners, are new to website accessibility and find it difficult to evaluate. This three-part article series is intended to make it easier for non-experts to perform a basic accessibility check. I hope it will be helpful enough to make at least a few websites more accessible.</p> </blockquote> <p>If you&#8217;re interested in allowing your site the farthest possible reach, but aren&#8217;t sure where to start, this series of articles is definitely worth checking out. Visit the link below for the full article:</p> <p><a href="http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200603/evaluating_website_accessibility_part_1_background_and_preparation/">Evaluating Website Accessibility Part 1, Background and Preparation</a></p> Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:33:00 -0600 urn:uuid:3130afeb-90ab-4f54-8cb2-72495e82100a brent@trabian.com (Brent Dixon) http://www.trabian.com/articles/2006/03/10/how-accessible-is-your-site Usability Accessibility Design http://www.trabian.com/articles/trackback/73