Maybe one day might not be enough, but it’s a hell of a lot better that none at all. Currently whose actually thinking or writing about this stuff? Very few people I would say. Its something which has been forgotten about.
Maybe the success of this one day conference might trigger more deeper talks or conferences about the subject, but you got to start somewhere. Cheers Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [] private; [] ask first; [x] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage BC5 C3, Media Village, 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TP email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: +44 (0)2080083965 mob: +44 (0)7711913293 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ST Sent: 03 March 2008 16:14 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] One-day Conference To Help Web Developers AddressAccessibility in Web 2.0 Quoting Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Robin Christopherson Web Services Manager of AbilityNet said “We > believe it’s time for the focus to come back onto Accessibility, and > that a conference of this kind is what is needed to help developers > make their Web 2.0 applications accessible. It promises to be a > highly practical day, where delegates come away knowing exactly what > they need to do, and where they need to focus to make sure they > consider accessibility in their products. With some of the biggest > and best names in the industry we are very excited about what this > event is going to bring to individuals and the industry as a whole.” > Is one day really enough to do justice to this subject. What do we mean by accessibility? Do we mean people with differing levels of computer literacy and the design of sites and services to evolve to be fully inclusive? Do we mean accessibility for those with presbycusis, protanopia, deuteranopia, photosensitive epilepsy, tinnitus and other "mildly" disabling issues, all of which are specialist use cases. If designers design to be inclusive of all these cases, they are noticeably limited in design schemes and technologies, but normally can create something useful to all. Alternatively, can the data be available in alternative guises, like in BETSIE? For more debilitating issues, it is often necessary to design in such a way that the data may be accessed in alternative ways, like feed readers, text-to-speech engines? Is there a open-standard method? Then what are the legal aspects of the design implementation, from the DPA requirements of holding data about end-users abilities, to the potential for legislation like the Broadcasting Act but for the internet with regards to presentation of access services and OFCOM's guidances on photosensitive epilepsy. -- ST [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
