Lecture COV885: Creating Accessible Documents

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Overview of Lecture

Lectures and Slides

Lecture Slides on Github

• Slides repository: https://zorkow.github.io/COV885/
• Repository with the build system will be made available in due course

Exercises

• Will be made available at https://zorkow.github.io/COV885/exercises

Questionnaire

• Please fill in the questionnaire at https://forms.gle/YoRAgQcD69xdfDGv5
• If you do not feel comfortable answering the questions in the second section, please ignore it.

(Tentative) Syllabus

• Introduction: Usability, Accessibility and the Web
• Evaluating Accessibility of Web Documents
• Converting simple Documents
• STEM Documents and their features
• MatJax, Semantics and Accessibility
• Semantics and loose ends
• Conversion wrap-up and other formats
  • Document sources Retro-digitized, born digital and born accessible
• Diagrams 1
  • SVG and Semantics
  • Tactile, Audio-Tactile
• Diagrams 2
  • Generating Semantics
  • Voicing and Sonification
• Advanced content: Interaction, Simulations, Animations
• What's next: Existing challenges, Future Research

Setup of the Lecture

• The class will only be partially given as lecture
• We will try to include hands-on sessions
• You will then be required to work on examples
• We will put together a questionnaire to get some understanding of
  • Your setup
  • Your technical experience
• There is the opportunity to dive deeper into technical aspects if desired

A General Disclaimer

• This is an evolving topic
• Much of what we teach here is current research
• Consequently many of the techniques are subject to change
• We use tools but do not teach tools
• I am trying to give you transferable knowledge

Personal Disclaimer

• I am an active researcher in this field
• As such I have a vision of its direction
• I will try to present all aspects
• But I have a personal bias