Contents
1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................12. WEB ACCESSIBILITY..........................................................................................................................13. LEARNING APPLICATION ACCESSIBILITY................................................................................1
3.1 Issues with Learning Technologies for People with Disabilities.......................................................13.2 Types of disability and their implications accessibility......................................................................23.2.1 For People Who Are Blind...........................................................................................................23.2.2 For People with Low-Vision........................................................................................................33.2.3 For People with Color Blindness.................................................................................................33.2.4 For People Who Are Hard-of-Hearing or Deaf...........................................................................33.2.5 For People with Physical Disabilities..........................................................................................33.2.6 For People with language or Cognitive Disabilities....................................................................43.2.7 General Accessibility Improvements...........................................................................................5
4. ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONLINE DISTRIBUTED LEARNING.....................................................5
4.1 Allow for Customisation Based on User Preference..........................................................................54.2 Provide Equivalent Access to Auditory and Visual Content Based on User Preference..................64.3 Provide Compatibility with Assistive Technologies and Complete Keyboard Access.....................64.4 Provide Context and Orientation Information....................................................................................64.5 Follow IMS Specifications and Other Relevant Specifications, Standards, and/or Guidelines........74.6 Consider the Use of XML.....................................................................................................................7
5. ACCESSIBLE DELIVERY OF TEXT, AUDIO, IMAGES, AND MULTIMEDIA.......................8
5.1 Types of Media Delivery......................................................................................................................85.1.1 Text.................................................................................................................................................85.1.2 Audio..............................................................................................................................................85.1.3 Images............................................................................................................................................95.1.4 Multimedia.....................................................................................................................................9
6. DOCUMENT REPOSITORIES............................................................................................................97. ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION FOR OPERATING SYSTEMS AND DEVELOPMENTPLATFORMS..............................................................................................................................................10
7.1 Microsoft’s Windows OS Accessibility.............................................................................................107.2 Apple’s Macintosh OS Accessibility.................................................................................................107.3 The Java Platform...............................................................................................................................10
8. CONCLUSION.......................................................................................................................................11REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................12
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