Accessible Digital Media Guidelines
Introduction
Educational Issues for Students with Disabilities
Educational Policies and Standards
Disabilities, Functional Limitations and Accessibility Tips
Tools for Access: Types of Assistive Technologies
Access Issues for Selected Development Environments
Guideline A: Images
Guideline B: Forms
Guideline C: Tables
Guideline D: Digital Publications
Guideline E: Interactivity
Guideline F: Graphs
Guideline G: Math
Guideline H: Multimedia
Guideline I: Multimedia in E-books
Guideline J: Multimedia in DTBs
Appendices
Acknowledgements
Expanded Table of Contents
Geoff Freed and Madeleine Rothberg
The Beyond the Text Project
April, 2006
The WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
© 2006 WGBH Educational Foundation
The Media Access Group at WGBH
One Guest Street
Boston, MA 02135
(617) 300-3400 voice
(617) 300-2489 TTY
Please send comments and corrections to access@wgbh.org
The Beyond the Text Project was funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education, under grant number H133G020091. However, the conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government. Principal Investigator: Geoff Freed.
The original version of this document, Making Educational Software Accessible: Design Guidelines Including Math and Science Solutions, was published in 2000 with funding from the National Science Foundation, award #HRD-9623958. Version 2, Making Educational Software and Web Sites Accessible: Design Guidelines Including Math and Science Solutions, was published in 2003 with funding provided by the National Science Foundation, award #HRD-9906159, through the Program for Persons with Disabilities. Additional funding was provided by Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (MEAF), dedicated to helping young people with disabilities, through technology, to maximize their potential and fully participate in society.
Educational Issues for Students with Disabilities
Educational Policies and Standards
Disabilities, Functional Limitations and Accessibility Tips
Tools for Access: Types of Assistive Technologies
Access Issues for Selected Development Environments
Guideline A: Images
Guideline B: Forms
Guideline C: Tables
Guideline D: Digital Publications
Guideline E: Interactivity
Guideline F: Graphs
Guideline G: Math
Guideline H: Multimedia
Guideline I: Multimedia in E-books
Guideline J: Multimedia in DTBs
Appendices
Acknowledgements
Expanded Table of Contents
Geoff Freed and Madeleine Rothberg
The Beyond the Text Project
April, 2006
The WGBH National Center for Accessible Media
© 2006 WGBH Educational Foundation
The Media Access Group at WGBH
One Guest Street
Boston, MA 02135
(617) 300-3400 voice
(617) 300-2489 TTY
Please send comments and corrections to access@wgbh.org
The Beyond the Text Project was funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education, under grant number H133G020091. However, the conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government. Principal Investigator: Geoff Freed.
The original version of this document, Making Educational Software Accessible: Design Guidelines Including Math and Science Solutions, was published in 2000 with funding from the National Science Foundation, award #HRD-9623958. Version 2, Making Educational Software and Web Sites Accessible: Design Guidelines Including Math and Science Solutions, was published in 2003 with funding provided by the National Science Foundation, award #HRD-9906159, through the Program for Persons with Disabilities. Additional funding was provided by Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (MEAF), dedicated to helping young people with disabilities, through technology, to maximize their potential and fully participate in society.
Authors
Geoff Freed and Madeleine Rothberg
Beyond the Text Project
617 300-4223 voice/fax
617 300-2489 TTY
geoff_freed@wgbh.org
Please send comments and corrections to access@wgbh.org
Funding
The Beyond the Text Project was funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education, under grant number H133G020091. However, the conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government.