Poetry For
All
Over the next year, The Purple Poets will be learning about making webpages
text-accessible for people with visual impairments and small computers.
LESSON ONE: September 14th, 2009.
Advice for testing your site for appropriate accessibility,
from Marshall Seltzner, graphic designer (Cenlyt Designs)
There is a new online web reader which you could use
to hear how your page “sounds” for people using a web reader. It
isn’t perfect, but it will give you an idea. It is at
http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.php.
It will automatically load its example page (press the ctrl key to pause
and restart the reader). All you have to do to test your page is enter the
page address in the top frame and it is ready to go.
The other test is try it in a text only browser -
http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html Again, put your page address where
requested.
The next test is for color impairment. Go to http://colorfilter.wickline.org/
and play with the options. Since you primarily use a white background, there
shouldn’t be any problems.
And finally, if you want to test for accessibility standards, go to
http://www.contentquality.com/ and follow the instructions.
Bet you didn’t know there were so many ways to test a page.
[M.S]
TRY THIS WEBPAGE WITH THESE TESTS.
SEE HOW THE COLOUR PURPLE CHANGES?
HOW EASY IS IT TO READ THE VARIOUS COLOURS AND SIZES?
CAN YOU SEE WHEN THE PAGE WAS LAST UPDATED?
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Aria's Scientific Experiment
(for Aria who is only ten)
By Bithi Das 21.08.2009
You scream
I Scream
It is little Aria's
Scientific Dream.
A five Minute Ice Cream.
In a bag
Mix the chocolate, sugar and cream
Put the mixture
In a salty- ice rim
All goes in our purple box.
THEN
Shake your arm
Shake your ass
Don't worry
It won't smash.
Five minutes gone
The ice cream is done
Now the time to test
Oh - Yes
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