Today we will be spending our class time exploring a series of assistive technologies used by persons with disabilities to explore the web.
I would like each of you to get exposed to as many of the following technologies as time permits--a minimum of three different technologies For each of the different assistive technologies, please try to navigate to your favorite sites, your page under development, and such and think about how the experience differs from "typical" web use.
1) For those of you who have brought a laptop computer, install one of the text-only browsers and attempt to use it to navigate the web:
Elinks (for all operating systems):
http://elinks.or.cz/
Webbie (for PCs): http://www.screenreader.co.uk/products/webbie.htm
Lynx (for Mac/Linux): http://lynx.isc.org/lynx2.8.6/index.html
2) For those of you using the computer lab macintoshes:
Under Apple --> System Preferences --> Universal Access, a number of accessibility features exist. These includes:
A) text to speech / screen reading (for those of you who brought headphones, please try this)
B) Screen magnification
C) Hearing alternatives
Again, navigate to some of your favorite sites and see how things work.
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