How to use accessibility:
How to use standards, guidelines and testing tools for accessibility


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SECTION 508:
In government - if you get caught, you have to redevelop at your cost.
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knowbility.org (slideshow on there) 


Wendy Chisholm - W3C
Matt May - W3C
Michael Cooper - Watchfire (Bobby product) http://www.watchfire.com/

webxact.com/
Accessability Toolbar for IE


http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Understand the big picture of accessibility
	- Wendy - what does this look like?
	- WCAG 1.0 (soon coming 2.0)


Interpretive Dance
	- Do not use color alone
	- Incorrect: Don't use color
	- Correct: Color contract redundant




Manual Evaluation
- Guidelines not fully automatable
	- Much of accessibility is an art, not a science
	- Document types not as easily parsed as HTML
- Numerous granular check
- Different interpretations among tools
- Presumption of expertise 


Tool-assisted Manual Evaluation
	- Find the location of potential problems
	- Support learning of issues
	- Simulate problems to faciliate evaluation
	- Select and prioritize pages for manual evaluation
	- Combine results with automated evaluation