Accessible Web Design Ebooks
News: The e-books are no longer for sale. I will post them as free downloads shortly.
Accessible Web Typography, an introduction for web designers
How to create Section 508 compliant, WAI AAA accessible text on you web pages - learn from the expert.
- Take control of the text on your web pages.
- Create stylish, easy to read pages.
- Comply with accessibility guidelines and laws.
- Create text that is Section 508 and WAI compliant.
- Increase the usability of you website.
- Attract more loyal visitors to your site.
Clear and simple explanations, provide you with fast results on your own web pages.
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How to Create Accessible PDFs with Adobe Acrobat 6
An easy to read 22 page practical 'how to', for creating accessible Adobe Acrobat 6 PDF documents,
This ebook covers the following five areas related to creating and using accessible Adobe Acrobat documents,
- Developing guidelines to determine which documents should be published as PDFs. The process of creating, testing, modifying and re-testing PDF for accessibility is a time consuming task. It is therefore a good idea to decide early on which documents are suitable for conversion to PDF.
- Preparing source documents before conversion process: Source documents should be well structured, use simple layouts, and have appropriately labelled images.
- Testing accessibility of PDF documents after they have been converted. Adobe Acrobat has a built-in accessibility checker and a new 'Read Aloud' feature. Jaws and other supported screen readers can be used to test the accessibility of PDF documents.
- Creating accessible PDF forms. A summary of techniques and tools for creating accessible forms within PDF documents.
- Anticipating client side accessibility issues, and educating users about new accessibility features:
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50 hot to touch accessible web design tips - the tips no web developer can live without
Plus free tips: you get 5 extra tips in this edition. 55 tips for the price of 50! :-)
For the last 3 or 4 years I produced a fortnightly accessible web design tip and sent them off to my mailing list of interested subscribers.
These are the best of the bunch. I am absolutely certain you find them useful in your web design work.
I would like to thank all the talented web developers who have supplied me with 'juicy' tips through their articles and emails - and encouraged me to keep learning about the endlessly fascinating job of creating accessible sites.
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Accessible web design tutorials, books and articles
Don't forget to check out my tutorials, books and articles about accessible web design. Lovingly crafted for your consumption.
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