Creating An Accessible And Usable Website For Blind Users

It is however not an easy feat. For accessibility to the fullest capacity to be to be established, organizational systems require funds to be pumped in. these funds will go towards making infrastructural and operational modifications to the system so that it caters to all needs. Also, application/recruitment and selection processes will need to be brought up to standard as well. These cannot only be planned; it has to be implemented to be function. Afterwards which the organization will have to regulate, monitor and make improvements to the system as required by the results they get. For example, for an organization to high a qualified blind candidate to join their team, the must first ensure accessibility by providing funding for a Braille machine, afford the candidate the opportunity of receiving correspondence or documents in Braille, ensure all other members of staff pass documents to him/her in Braille, maintain or improve on the process of communication

Usability is a critical portion of web design that one must be ever mindful of when constructing websites. Whether creating a personal web space or building multiple pages for a large corporation, it is the burden of the designer to guarantee people can access that content. According to the United Nations, disabled people compose roughly 10 percent of the world’s population (United Nations, 2010). Many regulations and standards have been set forth to provide disabled people with the same opportunities to access content available on the World Wide Web, as it is most of the World’s population.

To ensure, users do not experience any issues particularly with users with disabilities when accessing the website, the guidelines set by W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), the most broadly adopted Web accessibility standard. They are set a set of guidelines that specify how to make content accessible, including devices. The guideline covers many areas, including alternatives for auditory and visual content, navigation mechanisms, ensure that documents are clear and simple, design for device independence, and many

Now recent years, navigability has become the axis of website designs. Existing mechanism haveproblem into two types. The major is to assess and measure a website’s navigability in contrast to a set of principles. Another is to

In the year 2017, there is a high possibility that the design of websites will change from aesthetics to the usability standards. The design Trend in the year 2016 had already seen some organic design for websites and apps. In the coming year, the focus will be usability rather than beautification of the interface. As there’s a lot of apps on the market the one thing that

In addition, many requirements definitions could have been fixed, pre-launch. Firstly, developers need to work on the accessibility of the website. In the earliest stages of the website creation, they should have made sure that the UI was input properly and people with hearing, vision, and learning

This course introduces effective Web design principles and the essential role of the Web designer in today's business environment. Topics covered include site architecture, page layout, navigation, content, functionality, and usability. Students will evaluate existing Web sites and apply best practices to prototype a unique design using a Web authoring application.

Web usability plays a pivotal role which can actually effect the profit of a company. It should be valued that a qualify web site can provide simple but attracting interface that allowing users to catch their needed information effectively and efficiently. Otherwise, once the customers realize that it is hard to find the needed information or the product they want to buy, they are likely to quit the size. Unfortunately, not all the companies understand the importance of this theory.

The web designer must also use multimedia formats that have synchronized captioning to also aid disabled users access the interface freely and holistically. This is crucial and of great importance in section 508 as users should be able to access all information on the site freely and with minimum effort.

The competitor websites chosen for this research were Immigration New Zealand (www.immigration.govt.nz), Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection (www.border.gov.au) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (www.usgis.gov). To find how user-friendly applicants for Australian residence would find that country’s site, the team also surveyed the opinions of different users who used three websites. The following key areas were considered:

The objective of our usability test was to develop a significant and vertical understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the Michigan Daily website from a wide demographic group. With many different users logging in to the daily website everyday, we aimed to discover what errors were made, why they were made, and how we can ameliorate those mistakes in order to create a clean, aesthetic, and functioning website. The underlying theme of our usability results can be identified more clearly with the analysis of the 3 stages of the test, pre-test questions, the usability logging results, and post-test questions.

Technical documents, as is the homepage of Claflin University’s website, always have a target audience that dictates how information is structured for presentation. After some research, I found that university websites are mostly visited by prospective students and their parents; the target audience. These visitors’ visits are prompted by the need to complete some exploratory task such as finding out the cost of tuition or if a major is offered at the university. The homepage of a website sets the standard by which these visitors will hold the entire website, demanding that it meets the three (3) measures of excellence I will explore; accessibility, professional appearance, and clarity.

Whether you are designing a Bentley Continental GT Speed or a website for Zipcar, usability matters. To ensure that a website is functional and easy to use, it should undergo usability testing. While the primary goal of usability testing is the same for all usability tests—can the user easily complete the necessary tasks, each product and iteration of testing involves unique tasks and questions. In analyzing the usability test video of Zipcar’s website created by Steve Krug, it is clear that even websites created by successful companies need usability testing after the website has been launched.

Visually impaired kids should never be discriminated from attaining quality education. If the right procedure is adapted in delivery of information or rather education to such students, they will equally possess the same level of education as normal children. The procedure of teaching a blind

If the website is accessible that means that people with disabilities can use it. A blind person using a screen reader or a talking browser can navigate the information and interact with it. A deaf person will not have