WHO WE ARE

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WHO WE ARE

• The Technology Accessibility for All Floridians
  (TAAF) is a subcommittee that reports to the CIO
  Council. TAAF is represented by the Executive,
  Legislative and Judicial branches of Florida
  government. TAAF also has participants that
  represent the Military and local government.
• Our subcommittee has over 50 members representing
  a cross section of skills that include Web
  Managers, Computer Programmers, Public
  Information Specialists and Training Specialists.

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WHO WE ARE

• Enterprise Guidelines Subcommittee
• Our Purpose
• To develop guidelines that ensure universal
  access to electronic information.
• Guidelines for
• Electronic Documents
• Multimedia
• User Interface

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WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO

• Florida AeIT Act of 2006
• During the 2006 Florida Legislative session, the
  Florida Legislature passed the Accessible
  electronic Information Technology Act (AeIT)
  regarding access for persons with disabilities to
  electronic information and information technology.

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WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO

• Florida AeIT Act of 2006
• The AeIT Act was incorporated into sections
  282.601 through 282.606, Florida Statutes. The
  Florida Department of Management Services adopted
  administrative rules for the development,
  procurement, maintenance, and use of accessible
  electronic information technology by governmental
  units in January 2007. These rules are published
  as Florida Administrative Code, Sections 60-8.001
  through 60.8.004.

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WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO

• Its the LAW
• and

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WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO

• Its the
• RIGHT THING TO DO!

Accessibility Benefits Everyone
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ACCESSIBILITY BENEFITS EVERYONE

• Promoting Universal Design
• Accommodating Aging Impairments
• Bridging Digital Divide
• Recognizing Trends in Internet Access

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone UNIVERSAL DESIGN

• While the original purpose for accessibility of
  electronic information was to answer the needs of
  persons with disabilities, everyone benefits by
  making electronic information accessible.

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone UNIVERSAL DESIGN

• HOW?

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone UNIVERSAL DESIGN

• Examples
• Curb cuts were first instituted for accessibility
  when the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in
  1990 mandated that physical, public locations be
  accessible for any user.
• The curb cut example is often used to describe
  universal design. While a great example, what is
  sometimes missed are the benefits that are an off
  shoot of this design strategy.

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone UNIVERSAL DESIGN

• Curb Cuts Cont.
• For example, A wider curb cut is also useful for
  motor vehicles to enter a driveway or parking lot
  on the other side of a sidewalk.
• Smaller curb cuts, approximately a foot in width,
  can be utilized in parking areas or sidewalks to
  allow for a drainage path of water runoff to flow
  into an area where it may infiltrate such as
  grass or a garden.

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone UNIVERSAL DESIGN

• There are many examples of universal design as it
  relates in the technology world
• Buttons on control panels that can be
  distinguished by touch
• Auditory output redundant with information on
  visual displays
• Visual output redundant with information in
  auditory output
• Volume controls on auditory output
• Speed controls on auditory output
• Choice of language on speech output
• Closed captioning on television networks
• Language Translation On Demand

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone UNIVERSAL DESIGN

• People with disabilities constitute a major
  portion of global population. According to the
  World Health Organization, it is estimated that
  400 to 500 million people worldwide have some
  kind of disability and require access to
  Information Technology.
• Recent statistics indicate there are 54 million
  visually disabled and 10 million legally blind
  Americans, and the number is increasing at an
  accelerated rate.

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone ACCOMMODATING
AGING IMPAIRMENTS

• An aging population in U.S., Europe, and Japan is
  another parameter in the accelerated rate of
  people with disabilities. Overall aging is a
  major social and economical parameter in
  industrial nations.

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone ACCOMMODATING
AGING IMPAIRMENTS
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Accessibility Benefits Everyone ACCOMMODATING
AGING IMPAIRMENTS

• 57 of current working-age computer users may
  benefit from accessible technology because of
  mild to severe impairments
• Vision
• Hearing
• Dexterity
• Speech
• Cognitive

As the number of people who experience these
impairments continues to increase, more people
will require accessible information technology.
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Accessibility Benefits Everyone ACCOMMODATING
AGING IMPAIRMENTS

• All adults over 50 who use the Internet 29
  percent, or approximately 47.27 million. Adults
  over 50 comprise about 37 percent of the overall
  U.S. adult population.
• Adults age 50-64 who use the Internet 29
  percent, or approximately 47. 27 million. Adults
  age 50-64 make up approximately 22 percent of the
  total U.S. adult population.

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone BRIDGING THE
DIGITAL DIVIDE

• Making electronic information accessible was
  envisioned to answer the needs of persons with
  disabilities after the internet moved away from
  text based sites. What has emerged is the
  realization that we all benefit by making
  electronic information accessible through
  multiple venues. The most important being cell
  phones.
• Only 41 of all internet access is by people who
  access the internet by PC only. In 2006, 25 of
  all internet access was exclusively by mobile
  phones. This year it is anticipated that more
  people will access the internet using a mobile
  device than via a PC.

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone BRIDGING THE
DIGITAL DIVIDE

• Internet Available Everywhere
• Home
• Public Places
• Public Transit
• Satellite Connections
• Cellular Connections

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone BRIDGING THE
DIGITAL DIVIDE

• Home broadband adoption increased from 47 from
  March 2007 to 55 in April 2008 and is expected
  to hit 1 billion world wide users in 2008.

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone BRIDGING THE
DIGITAL DIVIDE

• Yet 10 of homes in the USA still use 56K modems

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone BRIDGING THE
DIGITAL DIVIDE

• Although there are very few (mobile) satellite
  internet users, it may be their only means to
  access the internet.
• Satellite internet access is used from the most
  remote locations in the world.

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone RECOGNIZING
TRENDS

• This increasingly omnipresent internet is
  allowing the creation of new devices that change
  where, when and how we access information.
• A growing portion of the population now access
  the internet through non-traditional devices.

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone RECOGNIZING
TRENDS

• Cell phones represent over 25 of internet users.
• Internet browsing on cell phones is primarily
  text based.

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone RECOGNIZING
TRENDS

• Portable devices now have similar power and
  feature experience when compared to laptops and
  workstations.

Examples of internet access on a portable device
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Accessibility Benefits Everyone RECOGNIZING
TRENDS

• Even refrigerators now come equipped with
  internet access.

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone RECOGNIZING
TRENDS

• A recent survey finds that 97 of young people
  today play video games in one form or another.
• Both regular gaming consoles and portable gaming
  devices have internet browsers.

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone RECOGNIZING
TRENDS

• Portable Assistive Technology
• Voice Hearing Amplifiers
• Tour Guide Systems
• Braille Note with GPS
• Portable Word Processors
• Voice Activation
• Text to Speech
• KNFB Readers
• Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone RECOGNIZING
TRENDS

• Accessibility is NOT JUST FOR WEB
• Consider accessibility when distributing
  electronic information
• Email
• CDs / DVDs
• Shared Drives / Thumb Drives
• Intranets
• Television Broadcast / Webcast
• Multimedia
• Publications (newsletters, magazines, etc.)

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Accessibility Benefits Everyone RECOGNIZING
TRENDS
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