Coetzee, LViviers, MICunningham, PCunningham, M2009-02-182009-02-182008-05Coetzee, L and Viviers, MI and Cunningham, P, Cunningham, M (eds). 2008. Accessibility observations of visually impaired users using the South African National Accessibility Portal. IST-Africa Conference, Windhoek, Namibia, 7-9 May 2008, pp 8.978-1-905824-07-6http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3009IST-Africa 2008 Conference ProceedingsImproving the accessibility of Internet web sites and portals is becoming more important as initiatives (such as the South African National Accessibility Portal), which address the marginalisation of persons with disabilities, gather momentum. Improving web site accessibility has proven to be a challenging task with a myriad of standards, accessibility testing tools and few technical guides for implementation. This paper presents the South African National Accessibility Portal (NAP), which is used as a research and test bed for accessibility implementations. It provides an overview of web standards applicable to accessibility, including the WCAG 1.0, the currently accepted web accessibility standard, as well as techniques used in the development of the portal to improve its accessibility. The paper presents some observations with regard to the success of these attempts as gathered from usability evaluations. The combination of technical implementation details and the resultant observations can aid other developers to fast track and improve accessibility for their development.enNational Accessibility PortalVisually impairedWCAGConference PresentationCoetzee, L., Viviers, M., Cunningham, P., & Cunningham, M. (2008). Accessibility observations of visually impaired users using the South African National Accessibility Portal. IIMC International Information Management Corporation. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3009Coetzee, L, MI Viviers, P Cunningham, and M Cunningham. "Accessibility observations of visually impaired users using the South African National Accessibility Portal." (2008): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3009Coetzee L, Viviers M, Cunningham P, Cunningham M, Accessibility observations of visually impaired users using the South African National Accessibility Portal; IIMC International Information Management Corporation; 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3009 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Coetzee, L AU - Viviers, MI AU - Cunningham, P AU - Cunningham, M AB - Improving the accessibility of Internet web sites and portals is becoming more important as initiatives (such as the South African National Accessibility Portal), which address the marginalisation of persons with disabilities, gather momentum. Improving web site accessibility has proven to be a challenging task with a myriad of standards, accessibility testing tools and few technical guides for implementation. This paper presents the South African National Accessibility Portal (NAP), which is used as a research and test bed for accessibility implementations. It provides an overview of web standards applicable to accessibility, including the WCAG 1.0, the currently accepted web accessibility standard, as well as techniques used in the development of the portal to improve its accessibility. The paper presents some observations with regard to the success of these attempts as gathered from usability evaluations. The combination of technical implementation details and the resultant observations can aid other developers to fast track and improve accessibility for their development. DA - 2008-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - National Accessibility Portal KW - Visually impaired KW - WCAG LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2008 SM - 978-1-905824-07-6 T1 - Accessibility observations of visually impaired users using the South African National Accessibility Portal TI - Accessibility observations of visually impaired users using the South African National Accessibility Portal UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3009 ER -