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- No alt-text on thumbnails.
- Lack of titles on iframes for embedded video.
- Site-improve tool: Automated testing for accessibility. Repository is so large that the tool is having problems checking it all. Working on ways to do this in smaller batches.
- WCAG
Georgetown Terry: They hope at least initially to will use the item's title as Alt-text for the thumbnail. Working on better ways to include context information instead of just title. Customized theme uses dc.description.alt information instead of title when it's present in the record. Information in this field can be added when the item is submitted.
Anne: Hope that DSpace 7 will include this functionality (Marianne agreed). DSpace 7 working group is hoping for guidance on accessibility needs of repositories.
Kimberly: Discussing University of Arizona discussing how to reduce "noise" in the user experience. Consider whether some accessibility choices make it harder to access the items. Will be consulting with their accessibility resource center on campus. Thinks that we should look at tools that make this easier. Also, many users come directly to the repository from Google Scholar, so how does that factor in to this?
Georgetown: Some of this depends on the screen reader that people are using and what their goals are in accessing the content. Thumbnails can encourage someone to open an item, but may not be needed for a person with a disability. Often a difference between what WCAG reports and what each individual user wants out of the site.
Call Attendees
- Terrence W Brady (Georgetown University Library)
- Keith Gilbertson (University Libraries, Virginia Tech)
- Kimberly Chapman (University of Arizona Libraries)
- Marianne Reed (University of Kansas Libraries)
- Claudio Cortese (4Science)
- Suzanne Chase (Georgetown University Library)
- Anne Lawrence (University Libraries, Virginia Tech)
- Pauline Ward University of Edinburgh