[IxDA Discuss] Accessibility Guidelines for Windows Software GUI

[Jostein Magnussen]

Hi Andreas

IBM has a good checklist which also links to more in depth explanations. The section on Keyboard equivalents is quite extensive:

IBM Software Accessibility Checklist - Version 3.5.1 
http://www-306.ibm.com/able/guidelines/software/accesssoftware.html

It is important to consider what level of accessibility you are going to offer. If your software is also going to be used by users of screen readers etc., you have to consider the documentation of assistive tools like Blindows: http://www.blindows.de/ and Jaws: http://www.freedomscientific.com

Good luck!
Jostein

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Hello everybody
I am currently working out a GUI concept for a windows software that should (among a 1000 other things) also be accessible in the sense that one should control the interface entirely by keyboard.
Though I know a variety of tools and standards to check and implement good accessibility on the web, I never came across any guidelines or recommendations on how to make a software accessible.
Can anyone name me some (non-technical) sources?
 
Thanks,
Andreas
 
 
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Andreas Bleiker, Usability Consultant,
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