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Anne Stevens
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The FUSE website is designed to be viewed on a desktop computer and personal computing devices including tablets or phones. The FUSE website is designed to meet Accessibility Standards so that FUSE is available to all users.

Accessibility Resources for FUSE Users

Captions

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As part of our accessibility efforts, all of the FUSE help and instructional videos are in the process of being captioned. Look for the CC icon in the corner of a video: this indicates English captions are present. English captions are currently supported.

Read Aloud

There are browser tools that will read written text aloud. Check your browser Extensions or Add On folder to activate free text to speech tools.

Google Chrome: Extensions: SpeakIt!

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Firefox: Add On: Read Aloud: Text to Speech (select text then right click to activate tool from menu)

Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer does not currently offer an add-on or extension to support text to speech.

Translation

There are browser tools that will translate selected areas of text to the language of your choice. Our website is currently available to be translated into Spanish (with instructions here) and Finnish for our partner schools in Finland.

Google Chrome: Extensions: activate Google Translate or Instant Translate

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Firefox: Add-On: ImTranslator (select text then right click to activate tool from menu) 

Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer does not currently offer an add-on or extension to support text to speech. ImTranslator does offer a plug-in for IE.

Headphones

Headphones are a great tool for the FUSE studio. They allow users to hear the support videos clearly, as well as any sounds from the application or browser they are using.

Best practices

Text: Text should have sufficient contrast against background. The lightest grey value that can be used for text by accessibility standards is #767676.

Auditory

  • Provide transcripts of audio content where applicable.

Cognitive

  • Do not use strobing content.
  • Provide easy-to-use controls and navigation schemes.
  • Employ consistency in labeling and navigation, where possible.
  • Use the clearest, simplest language appropriate to the content.
  • Provide control over all time-based media (i.e., slideshows).

Visual

  • Use well-structured and semantic HTML.
  • Use meaningful ALT attributes on images.
  • Do not use tables for layout purposes.
  • Properly linearize content, especially forms.
  • Provide sufficient contrast between foreground and background elements.
  • Avoid using pop-up windows.
  • Label all form elements.
  • Do not use Flash™ for navigation and avoid using it in other places, where possible.
  • Provide access keys and “skip to content” links.
  • Use WAI-ARIA landmarks where possible.
  • Position hidden content off-screen instead of using “display:none.”
  • Provide additional guidance and controls using off-screen content (i.e. descriptions of the page layout and available access keys).
  • Provide transcripts of audio content where applicable.
  • Do not using strobing content.
  • Provide easy-to-use controls and navigation schemes.
  • Employ consistency in labeling and navigation, where possible.
  • Use the clearest, simplest language appropriate to the content.
  • Provide control over all time-based media (i.e., slideshows).

 

 

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