ERIC - Search Results

Descriptor

Computer Graphics	3
Visual Impairments	3
Low Vision Aids	2
Media Adaptation	2
Access to Information	1
Accessibility (for Disabled)	1
Audiovisual Aids	1
Braille	1
Computer Interfaces	1
Computer Peripherals	1
Computer Software	1
Display Aids	1
Display Systems	1
Electronic Text	1
Hypermedia	1
Internet	1
Library Services	1
Screens (Displays)	1
Sound Effects	1
Speech Synthesizers	1
Tactile Adaptation	1
World Wide Web	1
More ▼

Source

Library Hi Tech

Author

Dixon, Judith M.	1
Edwards, Alastair D. N.	1
Klauber, Julie	1
Lewis, Valerie	1

Publication Type

Journal Articles	3
Guides - Non-Classroom	2
Reports - Descriptive	2
Opinion Papers	1

Education Level

Audience

Location

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 3 results Save | Export

[Image] [Image] [Image] [Link] [Link] [Link]: Inaccessible Web Design from the Perspective of a Blind Librarian.

Peer reviewed

Lewis, Valerie; Klauber, Julie – Library Hi Tech, 2002

Discusses Web design accessibility from the perspective of a librarian who is legally blind. Explains problems encountered with the growing use of graphics as opposed to text-based sites and suggests steps that librarians can take to help make the Web more accessible. (LRW)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Accessibility (for Disabled), Computer Graphics, Computer Software

Levelling the Road Ahead: Guidelines for the Creation of WWW Pages Accessible to Blind and Visually Handicapped Users.

Peer reviewed

Dixon, Judith M. – Library Hi Tech, 1996

Suggests guidelines for creating World Wide Web sites that accommodate those using speech or braille aids. Hypertext Markup Language coding should provide (1) one-column format rather than side-by-side columns; (2) stand-alone hyperlinks; (3) "ALT=" attributes for image displays; (4) text alternatives to images or image maps as links or…

Descriptors: Braille, Computer Graphics, Electronic Text, Hypermedia

The Rise of the Graphical User Interface.

Peer reviewed

Edwards, Alastair D. N. – Library Hi Tech, 1996

Discusses the history of the graphical user interface (GUI) and the growing realization that adaptations must be made to it lest its visual nature discriminate against nonsighted or sight-impaired users. One of the most popular commercially developed adaptations is to develop sounds that signal the location of icons or menus to mouse users.…

Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Computer Peripherals