Development Strategies

Accessible Web Site Questions

How does my page look on different browsers? (e.g., Internet Explorer, Netscape)
How does my page look to users with different screen resolutions (e.g., 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768)
How does my page look to individuals who are using portable computing devices?
How does my page look to individuals who are accessing the web via telephone?
How does my page look to blind individuals who are accessing the web using a screen reader?
How does my page look to individuals who are deaf? Is my audio content closed-captioned or transcribed?
Much of NC State's information and services are now available on-line. For this reason, it is increasingly important that the information and services be presented in ways that makes them accessible to everyone, including persons with disabilities.

(Full text available from Tyler Kendall's site: http://www.ncsu.edu/it/dss/webaccess.html)

Accessible Web Site Answers

• Provide a text equivalent for non-text elements
  • An "alt" tag for all images
  • A long description for video
  • A long description for images as appropriate
• Provide synchronized equivalents for multimedia presentations
• Ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color
• Identify row and column headers for data tables
• Title frames using meaningful titles
• Provide a link to any plug-ins, applets, etc., that are needed for the page
  
  

Dreamweaver MX

Set the Accessibility in Preferences

After setting the preferences, various additional prompts appear that didn't appear with previous versions of Dreamweaver.

Examples:

When you open files created with earlier versions, the html is adjusted ...

When inserting a Table, an additional dialogue appears ...

When inserting an image, an additional dialogue appears (unless you drag and drop) ...