Articles on Accessible Technology
Below is a complete list of accessibility articles in the
AccessibleTech.org Resource Library, arranged by topic covered. Select any of the
following topic groups to the right to jump quickly to a particular topic list. Select any
article title to view the article.
E-learning
- Are electronic whiteboards accessible to people with disabilities?
- What considerations should be made in order to develop accessible e-learning courses?
General
- How to Find a Consultant to help with Accessibility Issues?
- How might information technologies present barriers to customers or employees with disabilities?
- What are the functional performance criteria specified by Section 508?
- What is accessible electronic and information technology?
- What is electronic and information technology?
- What is universal design?
- What makes electronic and information technology inaccessible to people with disabilities?
- What standards exist for procuring accessible desktop and portable computers?
- Where can I find a guide to Section 508 resource documents?
Legal Issues
- Are there any court cases on web accessibility and the obligations of businesses under Sections 504, 508 or ADA?
- Can more than one Section 508 standard apply to a product or technology?
- Does Section 508 apply to a state or local government?
- Does Section 508 apply to private entities and employers?
- Does the information on public web sites, intranets, and e-learning courses at state and local governments have to be accessible to visitors with disabilities?
- What does it mean to "effectively communicate" web site content to individuals with disabilities as required by Section 504 and the ADA?
- What does Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 require?
- What is the Clinger-Cohen Act, and how does it affect people with disabilities?
- What is the relationship between Section 508 and the Clinger-Cohen Act?
Operating Systems
- How does accessibility differ across operating systems?
- Is Linux accessible?
- What accessibility features are available within the Macintosh operating system?
- What accessibility features are provided with the Windows XP operating system?
- What accessibility features are provided with the Windows Vista operating system?
Policy Issues
- Increasing the Accessibility of Technology in your business
- VPAT: A Promising Practice in Accessibility Reporting
Resources
- Are there any discussion lists that address technology access issues for people with blindness or visual impairments?
- The Federal Government: A Promising Practice in Providing Assistance to Procurement Officials
- What is the Access Board?
- What is the National Council on Disability (NCD), and how are they involved in accessible electronic and information technology?
- What is the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and what do they do?
- Where can I find information on the digital divide?
- Where can I find online resources for learning about accessible information technology?
Self-contained, closed products
- Are Personal Digital Assistants (PDA's) accessible?
- Are there standards for developing or purchasing accessible fax machines, photocopiers, and other office equipment?
- Are touch screens accessible?
Software Applications
- How accessible are Microsoft Word documents?
- How can I tell whether a software application is accessible?
- How do I develop accessible software?
- Is PDF accessible?
Telecommunications Products
- What access challenges do people with disabilities face when using a telephone?
- What are relay services, and how do I access them?
- What standards exist for developing and purchasing accessible telecommunications products?
Video and Multimedia Products
- Are there standards or guidelines for providing audio description?
- Are there standards or guidelines for providing captions?
- Can captions be generated automatically using speech recognition?
- How can organizations plan an accessible video production?
- How can I display accessible rich media in Real Player, Quick Time, and Windows Media Player?
- How do I make multimedia accessible?
- How do I turn on captions or descriptive audio in my media player?
- Is it better to caption or transcribe multimedia?
- What are the deadlines for closed captioning of all television programming?
- What is audio description?
- What is rich media and is it accessible?
- What is the difference between open and closed captioning?
- What is the difference between SMIL and SAMI?
- What standards exist for developing and purchasing accessible video and multimedia products?
Web-based Information and Applications
- Are chat rooms accessible to people with disabilities?
- Are "Quick Links" drop down lists for Web forms accessible?
- Are all Web users today using Javascript-enabled browsers?
- Are frames accessible?
- Are text-only web pages an accessible alternative?
- Are there accessibility guidelines for web browsers?
- Are there resources to help me in planning my web accessibility training?
- Can I make accessible web pages using web authoring tools such as FrontPage and Dreamweaver?
- Does CSS positioning eliminate the need for a "skip navigation" link?
- How can data tables be made accessible?
- How can our organization deliver accessible web casts?
- How can organizations determine if their web sites are accessible?
- How can I better understand the Section 508 standards?
- How can I develop accessible web-based forms?
- How can I make web page navigation accessible?
- How can I select a web accessibility software tool?
- How can I test my web site for accessibility?
- How do cascading style sheets affect web accessibility?
- How do I make my online PowerPoint presentation accessible?
- How do I make web sites accessible?
- How do my choice and use of color affect the accessibility of my web site?
- How do scripting languages affect accessibility?
- How does accessible web design benefit all web users?
- How long can an "alt" attribute be?
- How well do screen readers support Web accessibility guidelines?
- Is Flash content accessible?
- Is it a good idea to make "skip navigation" links invisible?
- Is it possible to develop an accessible dynamic menu?
- Is Java accessible?
- Is XML accessible?
- What is a "skip navigation" link?
- What is the current recommendation for providing long descriptions for complex graphics?
- What is the difference between the W3C guidelines and the Section 508 standards for Web accessibility?
- What is the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI™)?
- What is wrong with using HTML tables for layout?
- What Web accessibility evaluation and repair tools are available?
- Where can I find a useful list of Web resources regarding Web accessibility?
- Which set of Web accessibility standards or guidelines should I comply with?
