Reports on WAI guidelines for DDA compliance

This popular report provides a detailed assessment of the accessibility of your website based on specialist analysis and disabled user panel feedback. It will tell you what problems disabled people have accessing your site and explain clearly how these problems can be fixed. It will also tell you which of the WAI guidelines the site site meets at the Priority Level being assessed - Level 1(A) , Level 2(AA) or Level 3(AAA)

What's in the report ?

The Userite Accessibility report includes five main sections. We always aim to write our reports in easy to understand language, avoiding jargon and explaining any technical terms which we have to use.

Executive summary

Executive summary

This brief overview defines the purpose of the website and highlights both good and bad points arising from our study. The section also explains the methods we used to obtain the information for the report.

Score sheet in the report

Guideline Scores

The score sheet gives a precise indication of which elements need attention as they provide a "Pass, Near or Fail" score against the WAI guidelines being checkedLevel 1 (A) Level 2(AA) or Level 3(AAA)

Main body of the report

Report findings

The main body of the report is divided into sections covering content, style, navigation and engineering. Each section includes explanations of problems found, comments on good practice & suggested solutions. Comments made by panel members are included as well as relevant screen shots to help explain individual points.

Action Plan

Action Plan

Prioritised list of recommended actions to bring the site into compliance and generally raise the level of accessibilty for disabled users.

 

Glossary

Glossary

Useful reference list of terms and their definitions used in the report and by the W3C

 

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How we conduct the study

  1. Consultant explores the site to establish its purpose and intended target audience. This is confirmed with the client.

  2. Technician checks the underlying HTML/XML code from a representative sample of pages. This code is the foundation on which the website is built and it is therefore essential that only valid code is employed.

  3. Technician checks that the page content is structured correctly and that subsections headings, lists and data tables are marked-up correctly. Also checks that any functional scripts have HTML/XML alternatives provided.

  4. Technician checks that any style sheets (CSS) are valid and comply with WAI guidelines
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  5. User panel is selected and provided with survey instructions and a set of agreed tasks
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  6. Consultant collates user panel feedback and follows up any queries.

  7. Consultant collates the draft report combining input from the technicians and user panel members with his/her own research including screen shots and explanatory text where appropriate.

  8. Consultant and technician draw up a recommended action plan.

  9. Final report is compiled, proof read and prepared for dispatch.

Reports are written with reference to the WAI guidelines (version 1) issued in May 1999. To help with transition to version 2 guidelines (currently in draft form) the report includes a baselines for technology and target user. Wherever practical current guidelines are also mapped against the draft version 2 guidelines. If you would like to discuss which of the WAI priority levels your site should meet please contact us

by email to sales@userite.com or phone us on 020 8545 2886

 

 

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