On the Web: mobile and accessible

Dominique Hazaël-Massieux

W3C Mobile Web Initiative Activity Lead

Similar needs

Disabilitites	Mobile device limitations
Can’t see small items	Small physical screen
Narrow vision	Zoom interface
Color-blindness	Lightning conditions
Motricity troubles	No mouse, limited keyboard
Hearing problems	Can’t use sound (e.g. socially)
Attention disorder	Limited attention span
AT and plug-ins	Limited plug-ins support
Can’t see images	Download images on demand

Guidelines

WCAG	Mobile Web Best Practices
WCAG 1.0: 1999	Mobile Web Best Practices: 2008
WCAG 2.0: 2008	Mobile Web Best Application Practices: soon

50% of Mobile BP inspired from WCAG 1.0

Strict conformance overlap between WCAG 2.0 and BP more limited

Deployment

Different Approaches

Accessibility	Mobile Web content
Integrate in main content	Create a separate version (or many)
Regulation / advocacy	Hype / Business needs

Innovation

HTML5

structure
multimedia
rich data input
SVG integration

WAI ARIA

Audio & Voice

Mobile Web Apps

Combining advantages of mobile, Web and Apps

Mobile Web Apps: mobile

full of sensors
voice-enabled
anytime
anywhere
in developing countries, personal, social

Mobile Web Apps: Web

accessible
easy to develop
easy to deploy
sharable
discoverable
cross-platform
linked data
connected to the cloud

Mobile Web Apps: apps

access to sensors
work offline
downloadable
integrated to platform
rich user interfaces
intuitive

Mobile Web Apps and Accessibility

I can see some light and colors, but just in blurs. […]
I watched the sun set, listening to the colors change as the sky darkened. […]
I have never experienced this before in my life.

My First Week with the iPhone, A. Seraphin