Accessibility Masterlist

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Blindness, Low Vision, Cognitive, Physical, and Deaf/Hard of Hearing.

1. Reading Aloud & Highlighting

• Read entire text aloud - B, LV, CLL, D/HOH
• Read words or blocks of text aloud when highlighted or clicked - LV, CLL
• Highlight each word as it is read aloud - LV, CLL
• Read letters and words aloud as they are typed - B, LV, CLL
• Provide pronunciation help on-demand - CLL
• Allow the user to correct text-to-speech mispronunciations and/or retrieve pronunciation corrections from a central source - B, LV, CLL
• Use vocal characteristics to present visual formats - B, LV, CLL
• Ensure Java Access is enabled to work with screen readers and other voicing aids. - B, LV

2. Reorganizing, Simplifying & Translating

2.1. Reorganizations

• Reformat displayed text to facilitate reading - LV, CLL
• Reformat web page display with a balanced depth & breadth of menus - B, CLL, PHY
• Create skip links - B, PHY
• Group links according to context - B, CLL, PHY
• Create consistency among web pages, while maintaining distinguishable appearance of pages - B, LV, CLL
• Make sure pages will print as seen on the screen(when simplified or zoomed) - LV, CLL
• Use organizational cues to make text visually accessible and scannable - B, LV, CLL, PHY, D/HOH

2.2. Visual Transformations

• Adjust colors according to user settings - LV, CLL
• Shift colors to be make text and images visible for certain types of color blindness - LV
• Adjust text font, including size and spacing (leading and kerning) - LV, CLL
• Adjust contrast or use a low contrast mode - LV, CLL
• Adjust magnification - LV, CLL
• Use a customized, alternate stylesheet - LV, CLL
• Use or provide special fonts to facilitate reading by people with Dyslexia - LV, CLL
• Do not rely on color alone to convey information - LV

2.3. Other Transformations

• Prevent flashing to reduce risk of epileptic seizures or reduce distractions - LV, CLL
• Transform content to conform accessibility standards - B, LV, CLL, PHY, D/HOH
• Translate and format text for Braille display - B
• Provide Alternate Simpler Web Browser - B, CLL
• Translate from formats intended for visual presentation - CLL
• Provide summarized content generated automatically - B, LV, CLL
• Translate into a language that is more familiar and easier to understand - CLL
• Layer, divide and structure information - CLL
• Automatically expand abbreviated typed text - PHY, CLL
• Provide options for the levels of abstraction/complexity - CLL

2.4. Sign Language Translation

• Translate from sign language to text - D/HOH
• Translate from text to sign language - D/HOH
• Provide real-time translation of speech to sign language for live feeds, streaming audio and multimedia content - D/HOH
• Retrieve existing sign language multimedia - D/HOH

2.5. Translation into Simpler Form of Same Language

• Translate text into a simpler language - CLL
• Retrieve and link to existing simpler language version - CLL

2.6. Graphic Translations

• Translate text to symbols - CLL
• Translate text to pictures - CLL
• Convert emoticons to icons and set an alternate text label - B, CLL

2.7. Adjust/remove time limits on reading, listening or acting

• Provide ability to pause, rewind and replay multimedia - B, CLL
• Provide ability to extend or remove time limits on reading - B, LV, CLL, PHY
• Provide ability to extend or remove time limits on completing an action (filling in a form, etc.) - B, LV, CLL, PHY

2.8. Reduce distractions

• Avoid features that unwantedly split focus or split attention - CLL

2.9. Means for comparing and understanding sizes, scales, relative values and position in space

3. Supplementing Page Content

3.1. Word level enhancements and definitions

• Retrieve a definition for any selected word from a glossary/online resource - CLL
• Retrieve a definition for a selected idiom from an online resource - CLL
• Retrieve a definition for a selected abbreviation, acronym, or technical term from an online resource - CLL
• Retrieve a definition for foreign language phrases - CLL

3.2 Page & Site Level Enhancements

• Support collaborative third party markup (customized accessibility scripts for web pages that are designed by and shared among users) - B, LV, CLL, PHY, D/HOH
• Provide descriptions of links - B, CLL
• Generate site maps - B, CLL
• Display breadcrumbs - B, CLL
• Provide background/context knowledge - CLL

3.3 Integrated Help & Reminders

• Provide cues and prompts to aid browsing - CLL
• Provide contextual help - CLL
• Offer real-time assistance - CLL
• Provide annotations or pop-up notes in content - CLL, D/HOH
• Provide instructions for unfamiliar interfaces or processes -CLL

3.4 Visual Equivalents for Audio Information

• Provide a text alternative for audio/multimedia content - D/HOH
• Provide visual alerts for system sounds - D/HOH
• Interactive transcript - D/HOH

3.5 Image Description

• Generate or retrieve text descriptions/tags for poorly labeled images - B, LV
• Sonify videos or images to provide "synthetic vision" using audio - B, LV

4. Audio Enhancement

• Reduce/eliminate background noise - CLL, D/HOH
• Adjust pace of speech/audio - CLL, D/HOH
• Adjust volume and pitch - CLL, D/HOH

5. Adjustable or Alternate Input Devices

5.1 Keyboard Settings

• Delay time before repeat (RepeatKeys) - PHY
• Debounce time (BounceKeys) - PHY
• Ignore short key presses (Delay time before key acceptance - SlowKeys) - PHY
• Keep modifier keys active until another key is pressed (StickyKeys) - PHY

5.2 Alternate Text Entry Methods

• Keyboard input: Make all functionality available via the keyboard - B, PHY
• Voice input and control: Make all functionality available via voice control - B, PHY, CLL
• Virtual / On-screen keyboard (used with a pointer) - PHY, CLL
• Make all functionality available with a limited number of input switches or a reduced keypad - PHY
• Accept Morse code inputs from mouse or other input device - PHY
• Accept symbol-based input - PHY, CLL
• Allow input by Gesture with any body part(s) (hand, facial, posture, etc.) - D/HOH, B

5.3 Mouse/Pointer Settings

• Mouse gain / cursor speed - PHY
• Double-click/tap speed - PHY
• Dwell click - PHY
• Cursor size and trails - PHY
• Show pointer location on key press - PHY
• Highlight/drag without holding button - PHY
• Use mouse gestures to perform commands or enter text - PHY
• Multisensory feedback for click/press acceptance - B,PHY
• Anti-tremor mouse filtering - PHY
• Provide large ‘clickable’ and ‘on-mouse’ area - PHY

5.4 Alternate Pointing Methods

• Support head, any body part -tracking input - PHY
• Support joystick-to-mouse input - PHY
• Support eye-tracking input - PHY
• Keyboard control of mouse pointer (MouseKeys) - PHY

5.5 Alternate Command

• Allow control by gesture - B, PHY, CLL
• Command line interfaces - B

5.6 Automation of Common Tasks

• Provide customizable hotkeys that perform actions with fewer keypresses - PHY, CLL
• Provide Macros that re-play a set of pre-recorded actions with a single keypress - PHY, CLL
• Provide customizable shortcuts to help users jump to the content they need - PHY, CLL

6. Facilitating Written Communication

• Automatically check spelling and grammar - CLL
• Assist with homophones (e.g. intelligently choose between "their," "there," and "they're" given the context) - CLL
• Automatically predict/complete words and phrases - PHY, CLL
• Read letters and words aloud as they are typed - B, LV, CLL
• Provide visual and text outliners in content - CLL
• Retrieve synonyms and context of use (See 3.1) - CLL

7. Facilitate and accommodate Memory Abilities

7.1 Use mnemonic devices

• Use mnemonic devices to accomodate memory ability - CLL

8. Error Prevention and Recovery

8.1 General Error Prevention and Recovery

• Help minimize errors - B, LV, CLL, PHY, D/HOH
• Provide general strategies and contextual aid to safely recover from errors - B, LV, CLL, PHY, D/HOH

8.2 Safe Internet Use

• Assist in judging credibility and authenticity of sites - CLL
• Maintain a list of trusted sites - CLL

9. Preference & Privacy Features

• Automatically determine and adjust settings - B, LV, CLL, PHY, D/HOH
• Choose preferred features and adjust settings with a user-friendly feature wizard - B, LV, CLL, PHY, D/HOH
• Provide settings and options that are easy to try out and modify (because settings may cause confusion) - B, LV, CLL, PHY, D/HOH

10. Special / General

10.1 Virtual Worlds & Gaming

• Use sound proximity/doppler to provide an audio interpretation of visual content and actions - B, LV
• Provide audio descriptions of objects in local area (within a selective perception / "virtual horizon") - B, LV, CLL
• Provide the ability to discover relationships between items- B, LV

10.2 Accessible Authentication Methods

• Provide accessible CAPTCHAs to authenticate access to websites - B, LV, CLL
• Enable secure access without a memorized password - CLL

10.3 Real-time Navigation

• Provide GPS navigation/wayfinding features on mobile devices - B, LV, CLL

10.4 Context

• Using context to modify, adjust, tune any and all of the above - B, LV, CLL, PHY, D/HOH

10.5 Math Support

• Using Math Formulas-to-Speech, MathML Support, and Graphing - LV, CLL
• Use manipulatives to connect math symbols to concrete objects - LV, CLL