Visitor Accessibility Web Portal for Sydney
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The following presentation was given as part of a seminar titled: a Advocacy and the Internet (in conjunction with UTS Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre) Seminar Summary (PDF, 122k, 1 page) Implications of Gov 2.0 for Accessibility Lisa Harvey, Energetica/CCS Advisory Board Disability, Cultural Diversity and Accessibility Prof Andrew Jakubowicz, CCS/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Communication/Social Enquiry E-Approaches to Destination Management: The Case of Sydney For All Visitor Accessibility Assoc Prof Simon Darcy, CCS/Faculty of Business/School of Leisure Sport and Tourism Date: Wednesday 21st April, 2010 http://www.business.uts.edu.au/lst/research/seminars/
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Visitor Accessibility Web Portal for Sydney
- 1. Web 2.0 Visitor Accessibility in Urban Centres Sydney for All www.sydneyforall.com Associate Professor Simon Darcy [email_address] Presentation for Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre 21 April 2010
- 10. Art Gallery of New South Wales
- 26. Thank you
- 27. Pilot Website: Project partners
Editor's Notes
- Factors that can affect a person’s experience of a website: Vision – blindness, low vision and colour blindness Hearing – deafness and hearing impairment Age-related conditions – changes in abilities including vision, hearing, dexterity and memory. Cognitive disabilities – problems associated with memory, perception, problem-solving and conceptualising. Specific conditions for example, seizure disorders and dyslexia. Motor impairments – can be caused by a stroke, Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a physical disability or even a broken arm.
- Text resizing - able to make the text larger so that it’s easier to read, or smaller so that it’s easier to get an overview of the page The overall design is scaleable from 800x600 screen size to a maximum of 1024x768 (so that not too much text is presented on each line on very large screens) Foreground and background colour combinations used in the ‘Standard’ colour scheme - so that if a person is colourblind, they can still read the text
- Screen readers – can’t determine which column to read first, so have to provide the content in the correct order of reading As a shortcut, screen readers can list all the links on the page – if they’re all called “click here” it would be difficult! Have avoided naming links as URLs (eg www.sydneyoperahouse.com) because they are usually not announced very well by screen readers. Readability - a text-heavy site can be unsuitable for people with cognitive impairment
- Ideas for the future: On-line forums An “Easy Access” smart card Subscription to an on-line events page Themed accessible touring routes and journeys