網頁親和力 – MIT OCW 的例子

在最新一期(2003/05)的 OCW Mail Digest 中指出了 MIT 針對網頁親和力(accessibility) 所作的努力。幾個內文的關鍵字和要點為：

* valid HTML 4.01, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act

* And most importantly, our data tables now contain heavy use of “scope" and “header" attributes that should make it easier to navigate using screenreaders such as JAWS.

* accessibility of PDFs. We no longer use PDFs that include Type 3 or “bitmapped" fonts.

* As of yet, JAWS does not read mathematical symbols, equations or formulas. We are examining the use of MathML in the future, especially now that Acrobat 6.0 will support more XML within PDFs.

* In order to ensure that the 500 courses we release in September are as accessible as possible, we are working closely with the MIT Adaptive Technology for Information and Computing(ATICLab)

更多關於網頁親和力的資訊可以參考 Jedi 的「網頁無障礙與網頁親和力」一文。至於 MathML，阿彭似乎也有不少的心得。