accessiblesoftware

=Accessible Software=

Microsoft – General (Windows, Office) - Word - PowerPoint / Presentations - Internet Explorer Adobe - General - PDFs - PDF Forms - Flash Other Categories and Products - Open Office - Blackboard - Digital Media Players / Windows Media Player, Quicktime, Real Player

Also see Captioning

MICROSOFT – GENERAL (WINDOWS, OFFICE)
Accessibility Options in Windows 7 and Office 2010 Make It Easier for Everyone to See, Hear and Use Computers http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2010/oct10/10-21accessibility.mspx

Demos of Accessibility in Windows (Windows 7, Vista, and XP) []

Accessibility Features in Windows Vista []

Windows XP Accessibility Resources []

Accessibility in Microsoft Products – Windows 7 []

Accessibility Features in the 2007 Office System []

Documentation in Accessible Formats for Microsoft Product [] “If you have difficulty reading or handling printed materials, you can obtain the documentation for many Microsoft products in formats more accessible for you.”

Downloads (Microsoft Accessibility) [|http://www.microsoft.com/enable/download/default.aspx#righttech] “Download information, research, tutorials, fact sheets, and more about accessibility in Microsoft products.” There are some interesting Research Reports at the bottom of the page.

Create an accessible Office document [] This is a 30-40 minute training module that applies to Office 2003, but many of the same concepts and strategies will apply to 2007 - and probably other productivity tools.

Creating Accessible Microsoft Word & WordPerfect Documents by Using Markup [Wisconsin-Madison] []

Section 508 VPATs for Microsoft products [] (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template)

A Guide to Making Documents Accessible to People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired [] "This document contains a comprehensive discussion about how to make print and electronic information available to people with visual impairments in a variety of accessible formats. ... To make a text accessible, it is usually necessary to provide it in several formats. Alternate formats include large print, braille, audio tape, and electronic file."

- WORD
Accessibility Features of Microsoft Word [Wisconsin-Madison] []

Accessibility Essentials: Making Electronic Documents More Readable []

Accessibility Essentials 2: Authoring Accessible Documents []

Accessibility Essentials 2: Writing Accessible Electronic Documents with Microsoft Word []

Tutorial - Creating Accessible Word Document [NC State] []

Microsoft Word [WebAIM] []

Accessibility Essentials: Making Electronic Documents More Readable []

- POWERPOINT / PRESENTATIONS
Guidelines for Creating Accessible PowerPoint Slides [NC State] []

Microsoft PowerPoint- Overview [] Quick, simple list of accessibility considerations – plus a lot of other tutorials for using PowerPoint.

Accessibility Essentials 3: Creating Accessible Presentations []

Tutorial for Creating Accessible Power Point Presentations []

PowerPoint and Accessibility []

Microsoft PowerPoint and Accessible Online Pages []

Making presentations accessible []

The Resource Center – Effective Practices Collection []

- INTERNET EXPLORER
Accessibility Features in Internet Explorer 8 []

Accessibility Features in Internet Explorer 7 []

ADOBE – GENERAL
Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (for Adobe products) []

- PDFS
Accessible PDF Format- Overview [NC State] []

Guide to Accessible Guide to Creating Accessible PDF Documents (PDF) [] This is by the General Services Administration Center for IT Accommodation.

Accessibility Essentials 4: Making the most of PDFs []

Accessibility Essentials 4: Making the Most of PDFs - Supplementary Material []

PDF Hints and Tips for Screen Reader Users []

Acrobat Pro 9 - Accessibility Features []

Learning about PDF Accessibility [Wisconsin-Madison] []

Using the Accessibility Checker in Acrobat 9 Pro [] “This document describes the accessibility checkers for PDF files that are included in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. Even if you generate an accessible PDF file from an authoring application, you should still verify the result using Acrobat's accessibility checker.” The direct link to the document (PDF) is []

Adobe Acrobat Pro Accessibility Guide: PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow (PDF) [] This is a 44 page document.

PDF Accessibility []

Web Archive: Providing and Managing Accessible PDF Documents Presenter: Paul Turenne from NetCentric Technologies [] EASI has an archive of just the presentation, just the audio, or both.

- PDF FORMS
Accessible Forms-PDF Adobe Acrobat Professional [] This is a quick and easy tutorial from NC State

Creating Accessible PDF Forms using Adobe Acrobat Professional [] This is a presentation by Sean Keegan at the High Tech Center Training Unit for the California Community Colleges

- FLASH
Creating Accessible Flash Content [] The last sentence in the introduction paragraph, sort of tells it all: “However, for individuals with disabilities, Flash can introduce unique accessibility problems.”

- OPEN OFFICE
OpenOffice.org and Accessibility []

OpenOffice.org and Accessibility Part 1: Writer [] “Whether documents are going to be accessed in Writer or exported to a more common format, there are several things you can do to increase the native accessibility of documents in OOo Writer.” They do a nice job describing what to do when exporting to DOC, PDF, and HTML formats

- BLACKBOARD
Some Tips for Making Your Blackboard Site More Accessible for Students with Disabilities []

Blackboard - Accessibility []

JAWS Screen Reader Demo [] These videos are “recorded sessions in which a blind user is using a JAWS screen reader to interact with and complete various tasks in Blackboard Learn...”

- DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYERS / WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER, QUICKTIME, REAL PLAYER
(Also see Captioning)

How can I display accessible rich media in RealPlayer, QuickTime, and Windows Media Player? []

Provide accessible multimedia in Digital Talking Books (DTBs) []

Media Player Accessibility [|http://www.webaim.org/techniques/captions/mediaplayers/#conclusion]

Accessible Digital Media: Design Guidelines for Electronic Publications, Multimedia and the Web []