Art of Alt Curriculum: Lesson 4: Accessible Data Tables

Overview of Lesson 4

Lesson 4 explains the important points to consider in the development of accessible data tables. The sections give examples and offer hands-on practice in evaluating the accessibility of a data table.

Sections

4.1 Defining accessible data tables
4.2 Creating accessible data tables
4.3 Relevant accessibility standards and guidelines
4.4 Evaluation approaches
4.5 Information for the Web developer
4.6 References and Resources

Accessibility from the User Perspective

This video clip is from an interview with a student who has low vision and uses ZoomText, a screen magnification application. He discusses his approach to reading.

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Transcript of Video Clip

David: Even with Zoom Text it takes me a lot longer to read than it used to.

Because I, because of my limited amount of vision I have to pretty much see one individual letter at a time and put the word together.

I can't grasp the whole word and have it sink in.

It's like when I first started learning brail, it's like reading one cell at a time.

Go on to Section 1.