Web content accessibility

The accessibility issue I’ll like to take is alternative modes of presenting information (auditory, visual, text) and color blindness.  I plan to use following alternative techniques to present the information:

Providing text equivalent for every non-text items- As the mouse is rolled over the graphic, animation, charts, image or map, the Internet explore shows the text box describing the information conveyed.  The assistive technology devices (screen readers and Braille displays) can read the text associated with the image. For the detailed text explanation of charts and graphs, there can be a linked page.

Transcription of audio and video content- This technique is useful for people with vision and hearing impairments. The transcript can be synchronous, i.e. plays with the audio or video content, also called as captions, or can be, what is known as audio descriptions. It only displays important information from the video or audio of a multimedia presentation. The transcripts may or may not be the part of the same webpage.

Use of context and markup to convey any information when color is used: Cognizance of the combinations of foreground and background colors by choosing highly contrastive colors for the foreground and background. It is also very important because people with different types of color deficits or for people who are using monochrome displays need to have sufficient contrast.

I will take up the role of a content specialist and I would like to be the part technology team. The reason is that I’m not a pure technologist, so I better be assisting a technologist. 

References:

Wendy Chisholm, T. R. &. D. C. (1999). Web content accessibility guidelines 1.0. Retrieved from http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/.

Beyers, C. (2002) Interactive Assessment and Course Transformation Using Web-Based Tools http://technologysource.org/article/interactive_assessment_and_course_transformation_using_webbased_tools/