[epub] Re: Accessibility

["Jeantheau, Mark" <MJeantheau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, I hope I can finish up this (off)topic with the following list of
accessibility resources. 

Section 508 Final Rule --
           
http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=12

American Federation for the Blind - Designing an Accessible Web Site --

           http://www.afb.org/info_document_view.asp?DocumentID=1449

IBM Accessibility Center --
           http://www-3.ibm.com/able/

JAWS (Screen Reader) --
           http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/jaws.asp

Section508.gov

W3C Accessibility Guidelines --
           http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/

W3C Accessibility Checklist --
           http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/full-checklist.html

There are other organizations and tools---these are the ones that I have
personally used. I've also seen reports from the LIFT accessibility
checker, but don't have their URL offhand. You can also run pages
through the Lynx browser as a test...  Scanning through all the messages
in the Google group alt.comp.blind-users can also yield some good clues.

Making web sites accessible requires dilligence, patience, time, and a
fairly good understanding of how web pages and browswers really work.
That's not to scare anyone who wants to try---only to say be prepared to
spend some time getting up to speed.

Good luck!

Mark

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