| | | Copyright |
| | | Foreword |
| | | Preface |
| | | | Accessibility Guidelines and Standards, by Chapter |
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| | | Acknowledgments |
| | | A Word about Screen Readers |
| | | Part I: Accessibility and Why It Matters |
| | | | Chapter 1. Introduction |
| | | | What Is Web Accessibility? |
| | | | The Scale of the Problem |
| | | | Accessibility From the Developer's Point of View: You Can Make a Difference |
| | | | Overview of Maximum Accessibility |
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| | | | Chapter 2. User Experience: Born to Shop |
| | | | Adventures in E-Commerce |
| | | | User Experience Narrative: Listening to Amazon.com |
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| | | | Chapter 3. Accessibility in Law and Policy |
| | | | Accessibility: It's the Law! |
| | | | The Disability Rights Movement in the United States |
| | | | The Rehabilitation Act |
| | | | Educational Mandates |
| | | | The Evolution of Law in Changing Society |
| | | | The Americans with Disabilities Act |
| | | | The Telecommunications Act |
| | | | Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act |
| | | | The U.S. Access Board |
| | | | Web Content Accessibility Guidelines |
| | | | Accessibility Is a Global Concern |
| | | | Is the Internet Public Space? |
| | | | Remedies Outside of the Courts |
| | | | Now Things Get Really Interesting |
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| | | | Chapter 4. Grassroots Efforts Support Maximum Accessibility |
| | | | Building Community Through Technology |
| | | | Roots Rock! The Power of Grassroots Efforts |
| | | | Government Services Online |
| | | | Addressing Access Barriers in Community Technology Centers |
| | | | Where Do We Go From Here? Building National Consensus |
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| | | | Chapter 5. User Experience: On the Bus |
| | | | Getting There Is Half The Fun |
| | | | Getting Information About Getting Around Town |
| | | | The Trouble with Tables |
| | | | User Experience Narrative: Austin's Capital Metro |
| | | | Other Examples |
| | | | Problem Solving: Designing a New Bus Schedule |
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| | | | Chapter 6. The Business Case for Accessibility |
| | | | Improve Access and Improve Return on Investment |
| | | | Accessibility Is Good Business |
| | | | Selling Accessibility |
| | | | Delivering Accessibility |
| | | | Sustaining Accessibility |
| | | | Time Well Spent |
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| | | | Chapter 7. User Experience: Museums on the Web |
| | | | Accessing Culture and History |
| | | | Museums in the United States |
| | | | A Whirlwind Tour of Museum Web Sites |
| | | | User Experience Narrative: The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| | | | Text Equivalents Can Open the Doors of Perception |
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| | | | Chapter 8. User Experience: Text-Only Alternatives |
| | | | Text-Only: Just Say "No" |
| | | | Isn't Text-Only a Common Practice? |
| | | | User Experience Narrative 1: The National Public Radio Site |
| | | | User Experience Narrative 2: A Return to Amazon.com |
| | | | Finding Solutions: Toward Maximum Accessibility |
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| | | Part II: Strategies and Techniques for Maximum Accessibility |
| | | | Chapter 9. Equivalent Alternatives |
| | | | The Prime Directive: Equivalent Alternatives for Maximum Accessibility |
| | | | An Alternative to Images: ALT Text |
| | | | When ALT Text Isn't Enough: Extended Descriptions |
| | | | Text Description as a Design Element |
| | | | Sight and Sound: Equivalent Alternatives for Auditory Elements |
| | | | Turning the Telescope Around: Equivalent Alternatives for Text |
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| | | | Chapter 10. Forms of Participation: Designing HTML Forms for Maximum Accessibility |
| | | | Interactivity and the Use of Forms |
| | | | Accessibility Problems and HTML Forms |
| | | | Working Through an Example: The Air Judging Form |
| | | | Looking Ahead |
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| | | | Chapter 11. Creating Accessible Tables |
| | | | The Trouble with Tables |
| | | | What Is a Table? |
| | | | Accessibility Issues for Layout Tables |
| | | | Accessibility Issues for Data Tables |
| | | | Design Goals for Accessible Tables |
| | | | Creating a More Accessible Bus Schedule |
| | | | Looking Beyond HTML |
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| | | | Chapter 12. Toward More Accessible PDFs |
| | | | PDF: So Near and Yet So Far |
| | | | Providing an Accessible Plug-In |
| | | | Creating Accessible PDF Documents |
| | | | Experimenting with Tables in PDF |
| | | | Burdens of the Past: Legacy PDFs and the Challenge of Accessibility |
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| | | | Chapter 13. Enhancing Accessibility through Multimedia |
| | | | Put Multi- in Your Media! |
| | | | A Real-World Example: The ATSTAR Project |
| | | | Multimedia Expands Accessibility Options |
| | | | Accessible Video Content Requires Closed Captioning |
| | | | Enhance User Experience with Audio Description |
| | | | Using Transcripts as Equivalent Alternatives |
| | | | Alternatives for Stand-Alone and Other Audio |
| | | | Meeting the Accessibility Challenges of Animation |
| | | | Go Forth and Multi! |
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| | | | Chapter 14. Accessible Use of Scripts, Applets, and Plug-ins |
| | | | Plug and Play? Not Yet |
| | | | SCRIPTS |
| | | | Applets |
| | | | Plug-Ins |
| | | | Media Players |
| | | | Use the Right Tool for the Job |
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| | | | Chapter 15. Supporting Accessibility with Cascading Style Sheets |
| | | | Stylin' for Maximum Accessibility |
| | | | Beneath the Visual Aspects of the Web |
| | | | The Advantages of Using Style Sheets |
| | | | A Different Approach to Design |
| | | | Methods of Associating Style Sheets with Documents |
| | | | Using Style Sheets to Enhance Accessibility for People with Low Vision or Cognitive Disabilities |
| | | | Styling the Air Judging Form |
| | | | CSS Positioning, Reading Order, and Navigation Links |
| | | | Once More, with Feeling: Good Design Is Accessible Design |
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| | | Appendix A. Resources and Tools for Accessible Design |
| | | | Information Resources |
| | | | Validation and Repair Tools |
| | | | Authoring Tools Reported to Provide Some Support for Creating Accessible Content |
| | | | Tools for Captioning and Descriptive Video |
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| | | Appendix B. Why Is Accessibility on the Internet Important? |
| | | | Internet User Scenarios to Consider |
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| | | Appendix C. Linearized Tables |
| | | Bibliography |
