Flying Training CONOPS

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Accessible Sailing Access and Section 508
Tips Dave Searcey HQ AETC (USAF) David.Searcey_at_u
s.af.mil
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Overview

• Explain the minimal requirements of the 1973
  Federal Rehabilitation Act, Section 508
  (Accessibility)
• Explain the relationship between Section 508 and
  the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Accessibility
  Guidelines
• Identify methods to comply with the most common
  issues related to Section 508 requirements
• Provide a list of online resources for designing
  Accessibility into online training

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What is 508?

• A statutory section in the Rehabilitation Act of
  1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d)
• Congress significantly strengthened it in the
  Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
• Generally requires Federal agencies to ensure
  that their procurement of EIT takes into account
  the needs of all end users including people
  with disabilities
• http//www.section508.gov/

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Elements of 508

• Software applications and operating systems
  (1194.21)
• Web-based intranet and internet information and
  applications (1194.22)
• Telecommunications products (1194.23)
• Video or multimedia products (1194.24)
• Self-contained closed products such as copiers
  (1194.25)
• Desktop and portable computers (1194.26)

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508 Requirements

• 1194.22 Web-based intranet and internet
  information and applications.
• (a) A text equivalent for every non-text element
  shall be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc",
  or in element content).
• (b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia
  presentation shall be synchronized with the
  presentation.
• (c) Web pages shall be designed so that all
  information conveyed with color is also available
  without color, for example from context or
  markup.
• (d) Documents shall be organized so they are
  readable without requiring an associated style
  sheet.
• (e) Redundant text links shall be provided for
  each active region of a server-side image map.
• (f) Client-side image maps shall be provided
  instead of server-side image maps except where
  the regions cannot be defined with an available
  geometric shape.

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508 Requirements

• (g) Row and column headers shall be identified
  for data tables
• (h) Markup shall be used to associate data cells
  and header cells for data tables that have two or
  more logical levels of row or column headers.
• (i) Frames shall be titled with text that
  facilitates frame identification and navigation.
• (j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the
  screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2
  Hz and lower than 55 Hz.
• (k) A text-only page, with equivalent information
  or functionality, shall be provided to make a web
  site comply with the provisions of this part,
  when compliance cannot be accomplished in any
  other way. The content of the text-only page
  shall be updated whenever the primary page
  changes.

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508 Requirements

• (l) When pages utilize scripting languages to
  display content, or to create interface elements,
  the information provided by the script shall be
  identified with functional text that can be read
  by assistive technology.
• (m) When a web page requires that an applet,
  plug-in or other application be present on the
  client system to interpret page content, the page
  must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that
  complies with Â1194.21(a) through (l).
• (n) When electronic forms are designed to be
  completed on-line, the form shall allow people
  using assistive technology to access the
  information, field elements, and functionality
  required for completion and submission of the
  form, including all directions and cues.
• (o) A method shall be provided that permits users
  to skip repetitive navigation links.
• (p) When a timed response is required, the user
  shall be alerted and given sufficient time to
  indicate more time is required.
• Can you see it yet ?

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W3C Requirements

• http//www.w3.org/WAI/ Web Accessibility
  Initiative
• . . . how to make Web content accessible to
  people with disabilities.
• The guidelines are intended for all Web content
  developers (page authors and site designers) and
  for developers of authoring tools.
• The primary goal of these guidelines is to
  promote accessibility.

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508 vs W3C
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508 vs W3C

• http//jimthatcher.com/sidebyside.htm
• Links to both checklists

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W3C Techniques
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W3C Techniques
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508 Techniques

• 1194.21 (software)
• (a) When software is designed to run on a system
  that has a keyboard, product functions shall be
  executable from a keyboard where the function
  itself or the result of performing a function can
  be discerned textually.
• http//www.accessibilityforum.org/docs/papertools/
  papertool_v1.020web20version.doc

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508 Techniques
(a) A text equivalent for every non-text element
shall be provided (e.g., via "alt",
"longdesc) (b) Equivalent alternatives for any
multimedia presentation shall be synchronized
with the presentation. (e.g. Sound file
translated to Text File) (c) Web pages shall be
designed so that all information conveyed with
color is also available without color, for
example from context or markup. (Click the Red
Button)
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508 Techniques
(d) Documents shall be organized so they are
readable without requiring an associated style
sheet. (e) Redundant text links shall be provided
for each active region of a server-side image
map. (see below) (f) Client-side image maps
shall be provided instead of server-side image
maps except where the regions cannot be defined
with an available geometric shape.
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508 Techniques
Screen Reader Issues (g) Row and column headers
shall be identified for data tables (h) Markup
shall be used to associate data cells and header
cells for data tables that have two or more
logical levels of row or column headers. (i)
Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates
frame identification and navigation. (j) Pages
shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to
flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and
lower than 55 Hz. (Seizures !)
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508 Techniques
(k) A text-only page, with equivalent information
or functionality, shall be provided to make a web
site comply with the provisions of this part,
when compliance cannot be accomplished in any
other way. The content of the text-only page
shall be updated whenever the primary page
changes. (l) When pages utilize scripting
languages to display content, or to create
interface elements, the information provided by
the script shall be identified with functional
text that can be read by assistive technology.
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508 Requirements

• (m) When a web page requires that an applet,
  plug-in or other application be present on the
  client system to interpret page content, the page
  must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that
  complies with Â1194.21(a) through (l).
• (n) When electronic forms are designed to be
  completed on-line, the form shall allow people
  using assistive technology to access the
  information, field elements, and functionality
  required for completion and submission of the
  form, including all directions and cues.
• (o) A method shall be provided that permits users
  to skip repetitive navigation links. (1x1 Skip
  Navigation option)
• (p) When a timed response is required, the user
  shall be alerted and given sufficient time to
  indicate more time is required.

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Accessible 508
If you have a student population that may
include - low vision - hearing issues - color
vision differences - mobility constraints -
extreme learning style issues (e.g. exclusively
aural learning) Then Accessibility in Design
and Development matters.
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Resources
508 vs W3C http//jimthatcher.com/ Fed Govt
site http//www.section508.gov/ W3C 2.0
(draft) Color Stds http//www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-W
CAG20-20060427/appendixA.htmlluminosity-contrastd
ef WebAIM http//www.webaim.org/ OU Flash
Access Tools http//accessibletrainingbuilder.com
/ (not SCORM) AETC Checklist
https//adlhub.golearn.csd.disa.mil/hub/tools_reso
urces/checklist/508Checklist.asp (hot links to
explain each item)
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Resources
Evalution Tools http//www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/co
mplete.php Flash Site http//www.adobe.com/acces
sibility/ Lighthouse for the Blind
http//www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/ Colour
Contrast Analyser http//www.paciellogroup.com/re
sources/contrast-analyser.html
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The EndQuestions?
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Accessible Sailing Access and Section 508
Tips Dave Searcey HQ AETC (USAF) David.Searcey_at_u
s.af.mil