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Study Tasks

• Understand the accessible design principles and how they relate to user needs.
• Define the terms “assistive technology” and “adaptive strategies”.
• List different types of assistive technologies and adaptive strategies.
• List types of disabilities and related accessibility needs.
• Understand the impact of design decisions on accessibility for people.
• Be familiar with different types of assistive technologies and how they work.
• Identify most common screen readers and recommended combinations to ensure better compatibility.
• Be familiar with navigation strategies using a screen reader.
• Understand the modes of interaction across screen readers and their impact on browsing with the assistive technology.
• Know the consequences of using contrast enhancement modes such as Windows High Contrast Mode. </aside>

Resources

| Adaptive Strategy | Configuring standard software and hardware according to personal needs. Techniques that everyone can use to improve interaction with websites or applications

ex. text size, color mode, mouse speed, captions | | --- | --- | | Assistive technology | any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities

ex. Screen reader, magnification software, alternate inputs (keyboard, voice, etc.) |

🧑🏽‍🦯 Without Vision

• TOOLS
  • Screen Reader
    • Modes
      • Read/browse/document/virtual
      • Forms/focus/application
      • VO Rotor
      • Talkback Menu
  • Voice commands [for writing/typing]

🔎 Low Vision

• TOOLS
  • Windows magnification tools
    • SuperNova
    • ZoomText
    • Fusion (JAWS+magnification)

🔡 Limited Reading Capacities

• TTS

🧠 Cognitive

• Best Practice
  • Simple layout
  • Simple language
  • Content alternatives
  • Consistency
  • Autofill

🤚🏽 Motor Disabilities (no screen reader)

• Best Practices
  • Clear focus ring/indicator
  • Skip navigation
  • Unique labels
  • Predictive text
  • Autofill forms
• Tools (Speech recognition)
  • Voice Control
  • Voice Access
  • Dragon
  • Dragon Anywhere

🦻🏽Auditory Disabilities

Modes of interaction for screen readers

• Read/Browse