BAFIN test developer Martin Stehle
* 1996 Diploma Media Computer Science
* 1996 - 1999 Freelance developer for accessible Web sites
* 1999 - 2005 Web Developer and consultant for Accessibility at Aperto AG
* since Nov. 2005 freelance book author "Web Accessibility and Workflow"
* BIENE-Award winner with Aperto 2003, 2004, 2005
* DMMA-Award winner with Aperto 2004, 2005
* Member of advisory board and of the jury for BIENE 2006 and 2007
* Leader of training center by ISB gGmbH for BAFIN tester 2007
What is accessibility in terms of Web 2.0? Although many may have heard of web standards or even particular aspects of accessibility such as alternative text or large fonts, most people will have only a vague notion of what accessibility is really about.
The presentations will show the impact of Web 2.0 developments on Web accessibility and introduce a test by disabled and disadvantaged people for the social and commercial area named "BAFIN-Test Side by Side".
Martin Stehle and Jan Eric Hellbusch will take a closer look to both the social part and the technical part of Web 2.0 possibilities and show the challenges in future.
In the first part of the presentation they will discuss social aspects, user needs and legal issues. There will be demonstrations of inaccessible applications and particular aspects will be discussed considered in the context of workflow.
In the second part Stehle and Hellbusch will introduce the “BAFIN-Test Seite an Seite" (“BAFIN Test Side by Side") with the option to pass the test with a three-level distinction. Web accessibility is a potential business area in consideration of the growing population of older citizens and the increasing number of new web devices.
Speakers :
-- Martin Stehle
-- Jan Eric Hellbusch