What comes to mind when you think of web accessibility and libraries? Screen readers? They're certainly important! You need to support your patrons who rely on them to use your online library. But your patrons who use other assistive technologies are just as important. In this presentation, you'll learn the concepts you need to know to serve your patrons with accessibility needs outside of screen readers. Attendees will learn web accessibility fundamentals for cognitive, motor, auditory, low vision, and neurological disabilities.

1. Senses and Sensibility:
Accessibility Beyond Screen Readers
IAN FORREST

2. Ian Forrest
Engineering Manager
@ianforr

3. A common experience learning
web accessibility…

4. 1. Turn on screen reader

5. 2. Hammer the tab key

6. 3. Bunch of stuff is read out very fast

7. 4. Other accessibility requirements

8. Overview

9. Terms
§ Assistive technology
§ https://www.atia.org/home/at-resources/what-is-at/
§ WCAG 2.1
§ Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
§ ADA
§ Americans with Disabilities Act

10. Overview
§ Motor Control
§ Cognitive / Neurological
§ Auditory
§ Low Vision

11. Motor Control

12. Mouth stick w/ keyboard
https://editmicro.co.za/product/maltron-expanded-keyboard/

13. Keyboard w/ keyguards
http://www.maltron.com/head-mouth-stick-keyboard-info.html

14. Switch
https://axesslab.com/switches/

15. Speech Recognition
§ Popular software
§ Dragon (Windows, paid)
§ Voice Control (macOS)

16. Voice Control Demo

17. Switch Control Demo

18. Semantic HTML
§ Accessibility requires intentionality.
§ Proper use of HTML is required for all aspects of web
accessibility.

22. Cognitive / Neurological

23. Cognitive / Neurological
§ Flashes / flickering
§ https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/seizure-
does-not-violate.html
§ Complex sentences or navigation

24. Carousel Example

25. Auditory

26. Auditory
§ All audio content requires a text alternative
§ Video subtitles
§ Podcast transcripts

27. Low Vision

28. Low Vision
§ Magnification
§ ZoomText (Windows, paid)
§ Both Windows and Mac have built in magnification functionality
§ High Contrast

29. Zoom and Contrast Demos

30. Resources

31. Resources
§ https://www.w3.org/WAI/people-use-web/abilities-
barriers/
§ https://hemingwayapp.com/

32. https://www.bibliocommons.com/resources-all

33. Thank you!