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a) Find at least one example of a website which incorporates accessible multimedia and share it with me. Be sure you find one not mentioned above. Explain how the designer accommodated particular disabilities.
The site I found is pbskids.org. This website is great for children with visual impairments as well as for children who are not able to read. Each time your mouse rolls over a picture a clear voice speaks up with the name of the show, games, music or video. This allows for an easy way to move you mouse as well as offer a way to navigate the pages.
b) Find at least one example of a website which incorporates multimedia which is not accessible and share via email. Explain how the experience of a disabled person using this website would differ from a person without disabilities.
I know it asks to share this via email but since it is a relative few who are looking for this blog I'm going to post it here. http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/14-brands-in-danger-of-disappearing-slides.aspx?slide-number=1
I chose this site as it is a link for the msn homepage. To me that would mean that this is a well visited site. When looking at the picture I find that i have a hard time looking away from the bright ads placed right next the picture. Then I have to reposition the page each time I click to the next picture. The wording for the picture is below and is difficult to follow. A person with a visual impairment may have trouble focusing on the correct picture and not be distracted from the bright ads.
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Recently the courts are seeing a number of lawsuits filed by advocacy groups on behalf of disabled persons who are not able to navigate and use resources on the Internet. Find at least one instance of a recent court case, summarize the facts, and report on the findings and/or status of the case.
National Federation of the Blind v. Target
This case claimed that individuals who used software to convert web pages into Braille or other form for the visually impaired were unable to access the target site and were not allowed to use their credit cards or redeem gift cards to make a purchase. The case went to court in 2006. Target settled. Part of the settlement agreement was for the website designers to work with the National federation for the Blind in order to create a cohesive website. By Feb 2009 the Target website had to be 100% compatible.
more information can be found at this website: http://www.dralegal.org/cases/private_business/nfb_v_target.php
I love the pbs kids site. How fun, since my kids are old now, I don't look at these type of sites but this would be so helpful to both adapted users but emerging readers as well. Very cool. Wouldn't you think that MSN would have a quality accessible site? Amazing how irritating this site is for you and me. Can you imagine if you had a disability!
ReplyDeleteI am surprised at Target. It seems that larger and really all businesses should make an effort to extend their business and information to the largest number of visitors. I don't think they have a reputable web dev company, if they did making things accessible would be built in.
Only one more week!!! Keep up the good work. Alison