Refresh Detroit, intro slides for Hands on Accessibility Testing Presentation.

1. Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Al Puzzuoli
Information Technologist
Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities
Michigan State University

2. About Al Puzzuoli
As the resident Information Technologist in
MSU’s Resource Center for Persons with
Disabilities, Al spends his time administering the
network and servers, troubleshooting computer
concerns, and training with staff and students to
use both computers in general and assistive
technology.
Contact Info:
alpuzz@msu.edu
517-884-1915
Twitter: alpuzz
http://www.slideshare.net/AlPuzzuoli

3. About MSU’s Resource Center for
Persons with Disabilities
The Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities values
full integration of persons with disabilities throughout the
university mission, programs and services. We believe that
persons with disabilities at MSU are as much in control of
their educational/work experience as a person without a
disability.

4. NVDA Screen Reader
http://www.nvda-project.org
• NVDA is a free, open source, and extremely powerful
screen reader for Windows.
• Best for web testing, because it adheres most closely to
web standards, and is updated more frequently than other
commercial screen readers.
• NVDA usage is on a steady uptrend, because in 90% of
situations it works as well as other paid products.

5. NVDA Community Add-ons Website
http://addons.nvda-project.org/index.en.html
Numerous add-ons are available to enhance the power and
functionality of NVDA. An example is the Focus Highlight
add-on we will be using tonight.

6. Basic Screen Reader Commands for
Accessibility Testing
https://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/01/basic-screen-
reader-commands-for-accessibility-testing/
The Paciello Group has compiled a very comprehensive list
of useful commands for all the major screen readers.

7. Web Aim Screen Reader User Survey
http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey5/
You should code to standards, not to specific screen readers, but
it can still be useful to keep your finger on the pulse of trends in
the assistive technology market. This survey, conducted
annually, is a useful place to start.