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The number of U.S. lawsuits alleging that websites, apps and digital videos were inaccessible to people with disabilities rose 64% in the first half of 2021 from a year earlier, a new report says.
Plaintiffs filed 1,661 lawsuits claiming digital violations of either the federal Americans with Disabilities Act or California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act between Jan. 1 and June 30, up from 1,012 in the comparable period of 2020, according to the report by UsableNet Inc., a technology firm that offers accessibility-compliance technology and services.
Such lawsuits have risen steadily, to about 3,500 in 2020 from roughly 2,900 in 2019 and about 2,300 in 2018, UsableNet said. The company predicts more than 4,000 such lawsuits for all of 2021 if trends hold.
Eye-tracking devices (also called eye trackers) are an assistive technology developed for people with mobility conditions, neurocognitive conditions, and other disabilities. The technology typically uses a low-powered infrared light-emitting diode (LED) to illuminate the user’s eye. A camera tracks the reflections from the LED, and software processes eye movements.
By looking at specific parts of the screen, users can interact with on-screen keyboards, mouse simulators, and other input fields. The technology addresses many of the challenges that people with disabilities encounter when using a mouse: Users are less likely to become fatigued or make accidental clicks.
When properly calibrated, eye trackers provide a comfortable, intuitive way to browse the internet. However, all assistive technologies work more effectively on well-designed websites. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) provide the best framework for designing content that works for all users — including people with disabilities who use assistive technology.
Below, we’ll discuss a few design and development decisions that could impact people who use eye-tracking technology to access websites or mobile apps.
En el siguiente vídeo realizo un breve análisis de la accesibilidad de la página web en cuestión. Además del problema de accesibilidad que experimenta José Antonio, la página web tiene otros problemas importantes:
After six hard-fought years in litigation at every level of the federal judicial system — including the Supreme Court — the parties in what may be the most famous website accessibility lawsuit of all time have reached a settlement, according to a Notice of Settlement filed with the district court on June 6, 2022. We do not know, and may never know, the terms of that resolution. The Notice does not indicate what form the resolution will take, or whether it will be confidential.
— Arturo Pérez-Reverte (@perezreverte) April 3, 2022
La imagen del tuit era la siguiente:
El texto que aparece en la imagen es:
Las siguientes preguntas son acerca del/de la “padre, madre o tutor/a legal A” y el/la “padre, madre o tutor/a legal B” del/de la niño/a. Si el/la niño/a solo tiene un/a padre, madre o tutor/a legal, responda “padre, madre o tutor/a legal A”. Si tiene dos padres o tutores/as legales, responda una pregunta para “padre, madre o tutor/a legal A” y otra para “padre, madre o tutor/a legal B”.
En los siguientes vídeos se puede escuchar la lectura de un texto mediante un lector de pantalla:
Con el "Lector en voz alta" que está integrado en Microsoft Word:
Con el lector de pantalla Narrador de Microsoft Windows:
En Turning the tables on accessibility, un ingeniero del equipo de desarrollo del sitio web del periódico The Guardian explica cómo aprendió mediante "prueba y error" que las tablas se pueden seguir usando (él pensaba que estaban obsoletas, "deprecated") y que se deben usar cuando se presente información tabulada.