Question

You are a research engineer on ICT technologies and have embarked on a web design project for Sydney Olympics Committee. The committee would like you to include accessibility features built into this website. The website will be used for finding information about Olympics in Australia and also book tickets for various Olympic events.

1. Explain what web accessibility guidelines you will be using in designing the websites and how will you embrace the ‘design for all’ approach. Use suitable examples  

2. In your opinion, why is it important for companies to develop websites that incorporate web accessibility guidelines?

Answer 1

Ans -1..

As a research engineer, my job is to include accessibility features in the website. The first feature is to find the information about Olympics in Australia and the second feature is to book tickets for various Olympic events.

Web Accessibility guidelines is primarily intended for:

Web content developers (page authors, site designers, etc.)

Web creation tool developers

Web accessibility assessment tool developers

Others who want or require a standard for web accessibility, among other things for mobile accessibility

Accessibility overlaps with other best methods such as mobile web design, device independence, multi-modal interface, usability, design for older users, and search engine optimization (SEO). Case studies show that accessible websites have improved search results, reduced maintenance expenses, and increased audience reach, among other benefits. Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization details the benefits of web accessibility.

We first need to keep in mind the appropriate web accessibility guidelines which will help the disabled people to make use of the website in an easy manner. To find the information about the Olympics in Australia we need to create a search engine which will help us in extracting the information while we search a specific thing.

Here text-to-speech accessibility can be used for those who are blind and dictation can be used to perform common tasks with vocal commands.

For creating a User interface to book tickets for Olympic events, we need to create a website in such a way that it should be easier to use for all the people. Again, for blind people we can make use of text-to-speech guideline so that they can follow the steps by listening to the guidelines and can easily book their tickets.

Accessibility options can be found in the following locations for common operating systems:

1. Windows: Settings → Ease of Access

2. macOS: System Preferences → Accessibility

3. iOS: Settings → General → Accessibility

4. Android: Settings→ Accessibility

Ans 2..

In my opinion, it is really important for companies to develop websites that incorporate web accessibility guidelines so that people who are visually impaired ought to be able to read through screen readers, the deaf can remain up-to-date with current affairs through indexed transcripts, and the mute can join online discussions through blogs and comments.

Even they have their own wishes and dreams, so companies should take these people into consideration while creating websites and applications so that even they can utilize these platforms and can enjoy using it.