Novita Research Report January 1999 - Novita Children's Services

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Development of accessible websites Tim Ziersch Manager, Special Projects Annabel Gregory Assistive Technology, Computer Access Specialist Rob Garrett Group Leader, R&D, Engineering & Support Annabelle Tilbrook Senior Occupational Therapist Christian Russell 1 David Morell 2 1 Fusion Design Consultants 2 Disability Action Objective To build a suite of four websites for Novita Children’s Services having the highest possible level of accessibility for people with a range of disabilities. Results A comprehensive range of accessibility features were incorporated into the 4 planned websites to meet the highest level of compliance for all 14 W3C Web Content Guidelines. The sites were built and tested with a high level of satisfaction being reported by testers using a range of assistive technology. Some minor enhancements were undertaken based on tester feedback. The sites achieved the AAA W3C compliance rating of the W3C and were also awarded the silver medal in the HESTA Web Awards Competition (2004), for which one of the criteria was accessibility for people with disability. The web sites can be found at: http://www.novita.org.au/ http://kids.novita.org.au/ http://teens.novita.org.au/ http://www.novitatech.org.au/ Implications This work is important in reinforcing the need for all websites to be built so that all people, regardless of whether they have a disability or not, can easily and fully access them. 42 Project completed in 2003 Novita Children’s Services Incorporated • Research Report January 1999 – June 2004
Using product features to select appropriate AT products Rob Garrett Group Leader, R&D, Engineering & Support Annabel Gregory Assistive Technology, Computer Access Specialist Libby Price Assistive Technology, Augmentative Communication Specialist Rebecca Gallio Rehabilitation Engineer Objective When assistive technology products are categorised by the desirable features required by the end users, it is possible to filter all the products for features required by a particular user. For example, a user who can only use 1 switch and requires a device to produce speech can specify these features and then see a list of devices that have just these attributes. Earlier pioneering feature based selection work resulted in the stand-alone software “VOCAselect” 1 and “Computer Access Selector” 2 . With the addition of web pages containing product information, these innovative computer programs required product information to be entered into two different locations. With limited resources, it was difficult to maintain the software programs. The objective was to integrate the feature-based product selection system into the Assistive Technology product web pages on the new web site. Method A comprehensive comparison of feature-based selection systems was conducted and a specification included in the web site contract. The addition of a product to the online catalogue now requires the features to be identified and tagged within the web database system. Results The Product Selector system has been implemented for the Communication Devices, Computer Access and Environmental Control sections of NovitaTech’s online catalogue. The software items will also be included in the future. The Product Selection Web page can be found at: http://www.novitatech.org.au/selector.aspp=249 Implications This new product selector enables people searching for assistive technology products to specify the feature or features needed and to quickly isolate a range of products most closely matched to the end user’s requirements. Purchasers are more likely to consider the full range of products that match the required features, resulting in a final purchase that is a better match to the user’s needs. 43 1 Stapleton D, Garrett RE. VOCAselect Version 1.0: An AAC Device Selection Tool. Proceedings of 2nd Australian Conference on Technology for People with Disabilities, Adelaide, 1995, p 114–116. 2 Garrett RE, Stapleton D and Seeger BR. Computer Access Selector: A Windows-based Tool for Choosing Keyboard & Mouse Alternatives. Proceedings of EPSM 95, Queenstown NZ, 1995, p 148. Project completed in 2003 Novita Children’s Services Incorporated • Research Report January 1999 – June 2004
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Page 11 and 12: Researcher Profiles Susan Bostock B
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Page 15 and 16: Paediatric dysphagia and physical d
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Page 25 and 26: Unravelling handwriting: an investi
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Page 39 and 40: Toan Nguyen 1 Master of Engineering
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