On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 02:31:50AM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
The only accessibility tool for the web that I'm familiar with is the ALT attribute for IMG and other non-text elements of HTML.
I'm not an expert, but as I understand it, you can get a long way towards good accessibility by following standard UI guidelines and not fighting the web frameworks. E.g. don't use colour *alone* as the only distinguishing feature between elements. If you have the choice between using open HTML that a screen reader can work with, or closed Flash that screen readers cannot, then use HTML. Don't invent your own "fancy" (i.e. sucky) UI that doesn't interoperate with (e.g.) the tab key functionality that the browser already provides.
Accessibility for the handicapped ("differently abled") actually helps us all, and for the most part shouldn't be too onerous.
-- Steve