Chapter 24 Accessibility 1271 24.2 Fill in the blanks in each of the following statements. a) The highest priority of the Web Accessibility Initiative is to ensure that , and are accompanied by descriptions that clearly define their purposes. b) Technologies such as , and enable individuals with disabilities to work in a large number of positions. c) Although they are a great layout tool for presenting data, are difficult for screen readers to interpret and convey clearly to a user. d) To make a frame accessible to individuals with disabilities, it is important to include tags on the page. e) Blind people using computers often are assisted by and . f) CallXML is used to create applications that allow individuals to receive and send telephone calls. g) A tag must be associated with the tag. 24.3 State whether each of the following is true or false. If false, explain why. a) Screen readers have no problem reading and translating images. b) When writing Web pages for the general public, it is important to consider the reading level of the context. c) The tag helps screen readers describe the images on a Web page. d) Blind people have been helped by the improvements made in speech-recognition tech nology more than any other group of people. e) VoiceXML lets users interact with Web content using speech recognition and speech synthesis technologies. f) Elements such as onMaxSilence, onTermDigit and onMaxTime are event handlers because they perform specified tasks when invoked. g) The debugging feature of the Voxeo Account Manager assists developers in debugging their CallXML applications. ANSWERS TO SELF-REVIEW EXERCISES 24.1 a) World Wide Web Consortium. b) Web Accessibility Initiative. c) Job Access with Sound. d) Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language. e) Cascading Style Sheets. 24.2 a) image, movie, sound. b) voice activation, visual enhancers and auditory aids. c) tables. d) <![CDATA[. e) braille displays, braille keyboards. f) phone-to-Web. g) <onTermDigit>. 24.3 a) False. Screen readers cannot directly interpret images. If the programmer includes an alt attribute inside the <img> tag, the screen reader reads this description to the user. b) True. c) True. d) False. Although speech-recognition technology has had a large impact on blind people, speech-recognition technology has had also a large impact on people who have trouble typing. e) True. f) True. g) False. The logging feature assists developers in debugging their CallXML application. EXERCISES 24.4 Insert XHTML markup into each segment to make the segment accessible to someone with disabilities. The contents of images and frames should be apparent from the context and filenames. a) <img src = "dogs.jpg" width = "300" height = "250" /> b)<br />
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