Accessibility and Use
Accessibility: RunawayCT.org is committed to providing an experience that is fully accessible to everyone. While working within the framework and scale of an undergraduate digital humanities class project, we have made efforts to ensure that all pages comply with web accessibility guidelines.
Standards: RunawayCT.org has been built following broader web coding standards (for HTML, CSS, and Omeka) that ensure compatibility with as wide a range of browsers and assistive technologies as possible. While designing our interface, we’ve aimed to comply with the following Web accessibility standards and laws:
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Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act.
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0).
Testing: Before the final stage of launching our site on May 15 2014, we checked accessibility using a range of automated and manual checks. For instance, colors used throughout the interface have been assessed and tested according to the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) standards for luminosity contrast, color difference, and brightness difference. Also, we tested the interface for screen reader accessibility using JAWS with Internet Explorer during implementation. Other tools used to test accessibility include:
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WAVE A web accessibility evaluation tool) provided by WebAim.
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Fangs screen reader emulator.
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Vischeck filters (color-deficient vision simulator).
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Manual keyboard checks.
To learn more about web accessibility
USE OF OUR SITE:
Users are free to
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Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
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Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
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The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
RunawayCT.org is a project created by students at Wesleyan University and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
ARCHIVE:
RunawayCT.org is archived through the Internet Archives, “Wesleyan University Webpages” collection, a digital archive of university related content. Available at: https://archive-it.org/collections/2284
This website may also be found at the Wesleyan University archive: http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/