Craig Rustici – THATCamp Digital Writing 2014 http://digitalwriting2014.thatcamp.org Mon, 05 May 2014 02:00:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 Teach & Talk Session: For Whom Is Digital Writing Accessible? http://digitalwriting2014.thatcamp.org/2014/04/28/teach-talk-session-for-whom-is-digital-writing-accessible-2/ http://digitalwriting2014.thatcamp.org/2014/04/28/teach-talk-session-for-whom-is-digital-writing-accessible-2/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:46:18 +0000 http://digitalwriting2014.thatcamp.org/?p=253 Continue reading ]]>

How open Is open source?  How accessible is digital writing?  I propose a session on what makes digital texts accessible or inaccessible to disabled readers.

I will introduce participants to one form of assistive technology used by readers with print disabilities (blindness, low vision, and dyslexia): screen-reading software.  Using free demos, I will give participants an opportunity for hands-on experience with this software.

Drawing upon my experience as a participant in a recent two-day Accessible Future workshop, I will familiarize participants with some factors in web design and text archiving that enhance the accessibility of digitized materials.  I will introduce them to WAVE, a web accessibility evaluation tool and invite them to use it to assess the accessibility of a few sites, including  thatcamp.org.

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