Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired

STATE OF ALASKA ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC FACILITIES

The following pages are to be included in the review. Please spend an estimated 3 hours on this site (on average – some may be less and some more), including the home page and additional pages listed below as well as completion of the report in the following format. The Alaska Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator would like information about overall usability and navigability by persons with disabilities. If the home page of this site does not seem to be usable, check a few other pages, note your findings on the form below, and move on to another site.

511 - Traveler Information no headers. information about highways is not accessible

*Alaska Marine Highway System - State Ferries could schedule a ferry. Finding which selection of vessel, date and price I was selecting was not clear. So I just selected one. This would be better if the link was in the date, time or something similar. However, I did not put in credit card information for obvious reasons, so do not know if I could complete the transaction

Aviation/Airportslinks are preceded by specs and graphic. Distracting from the audio announcement of the true name of the link. Only 1 header.

*Civil Rights/Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program only two headers. Links are full of jargon

Design & Construction Standardsunclear to whom this page is directed (purpose) not good use of headers,

Highway Safety not enough descript headers above lists

Measurement Standards & Commercial Vehicle Enforcement good

*Needs List/Statewide Transportation Improvements Program (STIP)says "new updates" which bog the audio user down. Rather have the headers be more descript than "news update." Also rather not have to go through all the updates to get to trip planning.

Ports & Harborslinks to documents are not descript. Headers v. lists

*Right of Way Permitting Onlinelists that are not described in summary with header

Southeast Right of Way Plats & Survey Datapurpose?

*Road Weather Info Systemunder construction

Scenic BywaysLooked at schedules,. They seem accessible. There are probably maps, that my speech software did not read. Lists on the home page are not labeled with headers

Statewide Area PlanLooked at schedules,. They seem accessible. There are probably maps, that my speech software did not read. Lists on the home page are not labeled with headers

Statewide Equipment Fleetgood

Statewide Design & Engineering Servicesno headers difficult to navigate. Org chart not accessible.

T2 Training

*Transit

Weight Restrictions & Oversize/Overweight Permits

Name of Site(s) being reviewed: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC FACILITIES

Date(s) of Review:

SITE INFORMATION:

1.Have you visited this site previously? ___ Yes _X__ No

2.Describe the navigation methods you used on the site, rate their effectiveness (1 = not effective and 5 = very effective).

Links List (enter rating number) __4____

Headers (enter rating number) ___3___

Find (enter rating number) __na____

Sitemap (enter rating number) __na____

Other (what) ______Effectiveness ______

If you use a mouse with magnification, were the menus easy to access (i.e. rollovers or other dynamic menus worked with mouse and magnification). ___ Yes ___ No

3.Was it necessary to use more than one navigation method? _X__ Yes ___ No

4.If yes, which one(s) presented barriers and what were they?

Check for Headers. It is easier to start with Header level 1. In fact heading level 1 should be used, unless there are sub-topics. Even then, heading level 1 is easiest to navigate to.

5.Was the navigation used on this site organized well between sub-pages to allow flexible movement back and forth throughout the site and were the links labeled well?

__X_ Yes ___ No

Please explain as appropriate:

6.If forms or any other interactive elements were present, indicate how accessible they were and what type of interaction you experienced:

7.Based on your review, what reason(s) would you or another person have for using this site?

8.Based on your previous answer do you think the layout and organization of the site supports what you think is its purpose? ___ Yes ___ No

9.Describe any specific errors the site presents when using assistive technology to access it (elements not labeled, etc.):

10.If using audio output, please describe your experience (i.e., links labeled with short names or left with really long addresses to be read out loud):

11.If using audio, what improvements, if any, could be made to the labeling or other elements to allow for easier and quicker navigation?

12.If links to PDF or other downloaded media files were available, were they or did they appear to be accessible in a random sampling? ___ Yes ___ No

13.Describe the overall accessibility of the site (was it apparent, are there a variety of ways to interact with the site?).

14.Rate the attention to detail in accessibility such as tab order, labels, and Alt Text (for appropriate images only) on a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being lowest:

Tab Order (enter rating number) ______

Labels (enter rating number) ______

Alt Text (enter rating number) ______

Other (what) ______Accessibility Rating _____

15.Describe any barriers encountered which required technical support from the Center to accomplish the task:

16. If you are a mouse/magnification user describe any problems with cursor/mouse focus and/or tracking you encountered and link specific page(s).