This is an introductory presentation for beginner and intermediate web designers/developers highlighting how users with assistive technology interact with web content. Brief demos of text to speech, screen reading software, speech to text and alternative inputs will be provided. Research studies exploring common web accessibility barriers and solutions will be discussed. Microsoft’s Accessibility Checker will be demoed and how it can be used to create accessible Microsoft & PDF documents.
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Attendees will examine a variety of different assistive technologies and how they can be used to access web content
Attendees will identify common web accessibility barriers and solutions
Attendees will be able to apply Microsoft’s Accessibility Checker to their document workflows
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