Accessify Wiki aims to improve web accessibility by allowing anyone to create and implement fixes for websites, thus reducing barriers faced by users with disabilities. The initiative complements existing laws and guidelines while providing tools for both end-users and site developers. It emphasizes the importance of planning for accessibility from the start of web projects and offers easy-to-use solutions for enhancing usability.

1. Accessify Wiki
Fixing accessibility on the Web
one site at a time
http://freear.org.uk/accessify

2. Why accessibility?
● The web - important for all:
○ learn, work, play, shop...
● Many sites place barriers in the way of those
with disabilities
● Bad for the visitor - equality, usability
● Bad for the site - lost customers, reputation,
cost

3. Why accessibility?
http://flickr.com/photos/lwr/41694998

4. Why Accessify Wiki?
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There are laws/ guidelines: ADA, WCAG 2.0...
Educators for Web developers/ designers
Lobbyists, charities, consultants
There are other fixers: Fix the Web, a11y bugs
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Accessify Wiki complements these efforts

5. Quick fix?
http://flickr.com/photos/zeldaboo/2452458536

6. Accessify Wiki
● Anyone can create accessibility "fixes" for
any Web site
● End-users auto-magically employ fixes
during normal browsing
● Tools to help site owners/developers use
fixes in their site
3 components

7. 1. Anyone can co-create fixes
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Accessibility fixes created & stored in a Wiki
CSS-selector/ jQuery-like* selector syntax
Low-barrier
We don't rely on programmers ;)
We DO need interested
& passionate people

8. Screen shot of http://accessify.wikia.
com/wiki/Fix:Wikipedia

9. 2. End-users
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User Javascript & bookmarklets to add fixes
Future: browser add-ons
Use (most) browsers
Use (any) assistive technology - screen
readers etc.
http://accessify.wikia.com/wiki/Users
http://openclipart.org/detail/506/sunsquad-group-by-ryanlerch

10. Screen shot of http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Accessibility

11. 3. Site owners/developers
● Tool to compile "fix" Javascript for a site
● Future: preview fixes on an example page
CAUTION
● You should plan accessibility from project
start
● For example, BS 8878, PAS 78,
● Accessify Wiki can NOT fix all problems
You are NOT off the hook!!

12. Technology/ standards
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WAI-ARIA
JS: document.querySelectorAll()
accessifyhtml5.js
YAML 1.2
JSON Schema
Wikia.com
○ MediaWiki/ PHP-based Wiki farm
● Accessify Wiki Tools
○ Python, Google App Engine

13. Accessify Wiki
Needs
you
Fixing accessibility on the Web
one site at a time
http://freear.org.uk/accessify