How interdisciplinary teams created company-wide section 508 accessibility guidelines for writers

S Jackson - Proceedings of the 21st annual international …, 2003 - dl.acm.org
In June 2001, the US Government began requiring information technology to be accessible
for purchase to people with disabilities. The legislation introducing this requirement, Section …

Accessibility challenge to US government's information technology initiatives

UY Eseryel - E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in …, 2002 - learntechlib.org
Section 508, an amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, establishes standards for
electronic and information technology accessibility for Federal agencies. These standards …

Making accessible PDF documents

H Devine, A Gonzalez, M Hardy - … of the 11th ACM symposium on …, 2011 - dl.acm.org
Accessibility features in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) help facilitate access to
electronic information for people with disabilities. This workshop explores how to create …

Accessibility of graphics in technical documentation for the cognitive and visually impaired

S Murphy - Proceedings of the 23rd annual international …, 2005 - dl.acm.org
With the US government's new requirement for accessibility, companies such as IBM, are
revising their method of selling products and solutions to ensure compliance. The delivery …

Making electronic information accessible to everyone

R Rogoff - IPCC 2001. Communication Dimensions …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1998 requires that all electronic information used by
federal agencies be accessible to people with vision, hearing, and mobility impairments …

Accessibility

F Bowes III - The Columbia guide to digital publishing, 2003 - dl.acm.org
Digital publishing technologies offer publishers and other content providers a new
dimension in shaping their publications. Well-constructed digital content can be configured …

[PDF][PDF] Integrating accessibility into the information systems curriculum

J Lazar - Proceedings of the international association for …, 2002 - sid.usal.es
An increasingly important topic in the field of information technology is accessibility, which
means that information systems can be effectively used by people with disabilities. US …

Designing Web Pages That Are Usable and Accessible to All.

JE Wheaton, PF Granello - 2003 - ERIC
The Internet is a growing source of information for persons worldwide, but for many people
with disabilities the Internet can be a confusing jumble of images, frames, scripts, and colors …

The role of accessibility in a universal web

SL Henry, S Abou-Zahra, J Brewer - Proceedings of the 11th Web for all …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
" Universal design" is the process of creating products that are usable by people with the
widest possible range of abilities, operating within the widest possible range of situations; …

Workshop: Accessibility in Web Design

K Wallace - 2022 IEEE International Professional …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ideally, content created by technical communicators would be accessible to anyone
regardless of disability or impairment. However, most content (eg, documents, webpages …