Visual Basic.NET How to Program (PDF)

1204 Accessibility Chapter 24
Outline
24.1 Introduction
24.2 Regulations and Resources
24.3 Web Accessibility Initiative
24.4 Providing Alternatives for Images
24.5 Maximizing Readability by Focusing on Structure
24.6 Accessibility in Visual Studio .NET
24.6.1 Enlarging Toolbar Icons
24.6.2 Enlarging the Text
24.6.3 Modifying the Toolbox
24.6.4 Modifying the Keyboard
24.6.5 Rearranging Windows
24.7 Accessibility in Visual Basic
24.8 Accessibility in XHTML Tables
24.9 Accessibility in XHTML Frames
24.10 Accessibility in XML
24.11 Using Voice Synthesis and Recognition with VoiceXML
24.12 CallXML
24.13 JAWS® for Windows
24.14 Other Accessibility Tools
24.15 Accessibility in Microsoft® Windows® 2000
24.15.1 Tools for People with Visual Impairments
24.15.2 Tools for People with Hearing Impairments
24.15.3 Tools for Users Who Have Difficulty Using the Keyboard
24.15.4 Microsoft Narrator
24.15.5 Microsoft On-Screen Keyboard
24.15.6 Accessibility Features in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
24.16 Internet and World Wide Web Resources
Summary Terminology Self-Review Exercises Answers to Self-Review Exercises Exercises
24.1 Introduction
Throughout this book, we discuss the creation of Visual Basic applications. Later chapters
also introduce the development of Web-based content using Web Forms, ASP .NET,
XHTML and XML. In this chapter, we explore the topic of accessibility, which refers to
the level of usability that an application or Web site provides to people with various disabilities.
Disabilities that might affect an individual’s computer or Internet usage are
common; they include visual impairments, hearing impairments, other physical injuries