Monitoring eAccessibility in Europe: 2011 Annual Report


Monitoring eAccessibility in Europe: 2011 Annual Report



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Monitoring eAccessibility in Europe: 2011 Annual Report


Monitoring eAccessibility in Europe is a study led by Technosite in partnership with NOVA and CNIPA, in collaboration with I2BC, The Blanck Group and CDLP-NUI, for the European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, Unit H.3 'ICT for inclusion'. The views expressed in the study do not reflect the official position of the European Commission.



Disclaimer

The content of this report was prepared by a group of independent experts and only reflects the point of view of its authors. The Monitoring eAccessibility Consortium shall not be held responsible for the use that may be made of the information contained in this publication.

This document is available at: http://www.eaccessibility-monitoring.eu/researchResult.aspx

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Monitoring eAccessibility in Europe: 2011 Annual Report 181

Executive summary 190

1Introduction 203

1.1The challenge of eAccessibility 203

1.2Policy background and market drivers 207

1.3Approach and methodology of the study "Monitoring eAccessibility in Europe (2010-2011)" 211

1.4Structure of the report and accompanying documents 219

2The eAccessibility environment: social regulation in a global market 222

3The actual level of eAccessibility 237

1.2Policy implementation 338

4Comparative analysis 394

1.3The impact of eAccessibility activities on the actual level of eAccessibility 394

1.4Comparison of the actual level and progress of eAccessibility across countries and across sectors 410

1.5Comparison between the 2010 and 2011 results 419

5The perception of the users organisations about the actual level of eAccessibility 447

6Conclusions 454

7References 460

8Annex I: Methodology 463

1.5Data gathering methodology 463

1.6Web accessibility evaluation 469

1.7Quantification methodology for indicators 480

9Annex II: Main national market players identified 486

1.8Main national landline operators 486

1.9Main national mobile telephony operators 487

1.10Main national text and video telephone distributors 488

1.11Main national text and video relay service providers 489

1.12Mobile Web and Web evaluation: Governmental websites 490

1.13Mobile Web and Web evaluation: Private and sector-specific websites 501

1.14Main national computer manufacturers 507

1.15Main national OS developers 508

1.16Main national software developer 510

1.17Main national peripheral manufacturers 511

1.18Main national public broadcasters 513

1.19Main national commercial broadcasters 514

1.20Main national DTV equipment retailers 516

1.21Main national home appliance manufacturers 518

1.22Main national domotic network installers 519

1.23Main national telecare service providers 521

1.24Main national telecare devices manufacturers 522

1.25Main national retail banks 524

1.26Main national vending machine manufacturers 525

1.27Main national transportation companies 526

1.28Main national busiest bus station, train station and airport 527

1.29Main national public electronic library 529

1.30Main national libraries for disabled people 530

1.31Main national eBook reader manufacturers 531

1.32Main national universities 532

1.33Main national eLearning education providers 533

1.34Main national hardware and software databases 534

1.35Main national databases for Hearing aids, Braille displays, AAC systems 536

1.36Main national databases for Screen readers, Screen magnifiers, Voice recognition software and AAC software 538

10Annex III: Questionnaire to national expert for analysis of eAccessibility in technology aspects 540

Filling Procedure 540

2General information of the country 542

3Telephony 543

3.1Fixed telephony 544

3.2 Mobile Telephony 545

3.3Special telephones (text and videophones) and relay services 547

3.4Mobile web 550

4Internet (Web content) 553

5Computing 556

5.1Computer: Desktop and laptop 557

5.2Computer: Software 558

5.3Computer: Peripherals 560

6Television 562

6.1Television content 562

6.2Digital TV equipment 567

7Home environment 570

7.1Digital home 571

7.2Telecare 572

8Urban environment 575

8.1Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) 575

8.2Vending machines 578

8.3Virtual kiosks 579

8.4Public announcement systems 582

9Educational environment 584

9.1Electronic books 585

9.2E-learning platforms 587

10Assistive technologies 590

11Public procurement 596

12APPENDIX I. GENERAL METHODOLOGY FOR VALIDATING ACCESSIBILITY OF WEB CONTENT 598

12.1Sample selection of private Websites and Web pages 598

12.2Definition of Pass, Marginal fail and Fail 598

12.3Methodology for the automated validation of WCAG 1.0 and 2.0 599

12.4Methodology for human review validation of WCAG 1.0 compliance 600

12.5Methodology for validating the degree of implementation of WCAG 2.0 (Level “Double-A”) 606

13APPENDIX II. GOVERNMENTAL WEBSITES FOR THE MOBILE WEB EVALUATION 609

11Annex IV: Questionnaire to national experts for analysis of eAccessibility law and policy in Europe. 619

Filling Procedure 619

Background information 621

Economic situation, resources and information society readiness in your country 621

Policy about technology aspects 624

Technology-specific legislation and administrative regulation 624

Cross-cutting legislation and administrative regulation 652



LIST OF TABLES

INDEX OF FIGURES

Table . List of acronyms

Acronym

Explanation

AAL

Ambient Assisted Living

AAL JP

Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme

AIS

Accessible Information Solutions

AT

Assistive Technologies

ATM

Automated teller machine

AU

Australia

BSC

Balanced Score Card

CA

Canada

CEN

The European Committee for Standardisation

CENELEC

The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation

CNIPA

Centro Nazionale per l'Informatica nella Pubblica Amministrazione

CRPD

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

CSS

Cascading Style Sheets

CZ

Czech Republic

DAISY

Digital Accessible Information System

DE

Germany

DG

Directorate General

DK

Denmark

DPOs

Disabled people’s organisations

DTV

Digital Television

EC

European Commission

ECHR

European Convention on Human Rights

EDeAN

European Design for All e-Accessibility Network

EDF

European Disability Forum

EPG

Electronic Programme Guide

ES

Spain

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

EYPD

European Year of People with Disabilities

EU

European Union

FR

France

GDP

Gross domestic product

GR

Greece

HTML

HyperText Markup Language

HU

Hungary

ICT

Information and Communication Technologies

IDI

ICT Development Index

IE

Ireland

IMSERSO

Instituto de Mayores y Servicios Sociales

IPTV

Internet Protocol Television

IT

Italy

ITU

International Telecommunication Union

MeAC

Measuring Progress of eAccessibility

NFC

Near Field Communication

NGO

Non Governmental Organisation

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NL

The Netherlands

NO

Norway

NRI

Networked Readiness Index

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PDA

Personal digital assistant

PDF

Portable Document Format

PT

Portugal

R&D

Research and Development

SDO

Standards organisation

SE

Sweden

TAW

Web Accessibility Test

TEP

Transatlantic Economic Partnership

UK

United Kingdom

UN

United Nations

URL

Uniform resource locator

US

United States of America

W3C

World Wide Web Consortium

WAI

Web Accessibility Initiative

WCAG

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

WebCT

Web Course Tools





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