TAdER - Understanding text customization needs for readability

Hi WAI IG folks,

Yesterday Global Accessibility Awareness Day efforts sought to raise awareness of accessibility broadly. Today I'd like to introduce you to efforts to raise awareness of a specific issue: users' need to adapt text (change size, line spacing, colors, etc.).

The TAdER project encourages developers to include specific text customization functionality in their products -- including Adobe Reader for PDF, e-book readers, web browsers, and other 'user agents'. TAdER is working to raise awareness and understanding of users' needs to format text for readability -- specifically, people with low vision, dyslexia, and related conditions that impact reading.

To people who need to customize text for reading:
Would you like to share your experience reading text online? Or participate in a study? See http://www.tader.info/#urinvited

To accessibility specialists:
Do you understand the accessibility barriers of PDF for people with low vision, dyslexia, and related conditions that impact reading? http://www.tader.info/  has some information now and we'll be adding more.

To developers:
Let us know how we can support your including text customization functionality in your products.

For updates:
If you would like to get updates about the TAdER project work, please send e-mail to projects@uiAccess.com with subject: TAdER Updates

Let's work together to make text more readable for everyone -- including Angelita whose low vision and text formatting needs differ depending on the level of inflammation in her cornea; and Ben who has no significant disability, yet regularly has problems reading text and sets user style sheets to increase text size, line height, and contrast. (Read Angelita's "Confessions of a Miserable Low Vision Computer User" & about "just-a-geek-in-glasses" Ben at http://www.tader.info/users.html )

Sincerely,
~Shawn

NOTE: This is not a W3C WAI project. See http://www.tader.info/#affiliation





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Shawn Henry
+1-617-395-7664
projects@uiAccess.com
www.uiAccess.com/profile.html
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Received on Thursday, 10 May 2012 20:58:52 UTC