Skills for Access

How To

The following section outlines the basic design techniques required to avoid introducing accessibility barriers into multimedia resources. The How To techniques can be searched either by Category or by A to Z listing.

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• Allow user control over animated content

  general advice

• Avoid colour problems

  general advice

• Avoid Specific Frequencies for flickering content

  general advice

• Enable audio output of on-screen text

  in Director/Shockwave

  in Flash

  in HTML

• Enable user customisation

  in Director/Shockwave

  in Flash

  in HTML

  of Media Players

• Ensure consistency of display

  general advice

• Maximise text readability

  general advice

• Optimise for keyboard access (and other non-mouse input devices)

  in Flash

  in HTML

  in Macromedia Director/Shockwave

  of Media Players

• Provide audio descriptions for video or animated content

  general advice

  in Flash

  in MAGpie

  in QuickTime

  in Real Player

  in Windows Media Player

  with Synchronised Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL)

• Provide text equivalents for audio

  general advice on captions

  general advice on transcripts

  in Director/Shockwave

  in Flash

  in MAGpie

  in QuickTime

  in Real Player

  in Windows Media Player

  with Synchronised Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL)

• Provide text equivalents for graphics

  in Director/Shockwave

  in Flash

  in HTML

• Use media to enhance text

  using animation

  using audio

  using graphics

  using video