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Accessible User Needs Survey

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Project Description

ACCESSIBLE is an EU FP7 project spanning over 36 months. Start date 1st September 2008, with the aim of improving the accessibility of software development products, by introducing a harmonised accessibility methodology into accessible software development processes, using significantly better measurement strategies, methodologies, etc. The envisaged improvement will enable large organisations, SMEs or individuals (developers, designers, etc.) to produce software products of superior accessibility and usability, accompanied with appropriate measures, technologies and tools that improve their overall quality.

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Questionnaire for Accessibility Assessors

This questionnaire has been designed to identify the user needs of Accessibility Assessors within the premises of the ACCESSIBLE EU FP7 project. Its evaluation will be the basis to implement appropriate tools and methodologies in order to increase awareness and need for accessibility.

  • The filling up of the questionnaire is optional.
  • This questionnaire is completely anonymous.

Thank you in advance for your time and contribution. We believe that your valuable contribution will help us to extract project User needs and prepare a report which will be of great benefit in promoting Accessibility for software implementations throughout Europe.

For more information about the project please see at http://www.accessible-project.eu/. If you have any questions or issues, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Your ACCESSIBLE-Team

The questionnaire is also available as print version.
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List of Questions

Accessibility
1)
Which of the following terms do you know?
(It's not necessary to know the exact meaning of the term)
(Multiple answers are possible)






2)
What does Accessibility mean to you?
(Multiple answers are possible)











3)
How long have you been dealing with Accessibility?








4)
Are you familiar with any of the following accessibility guidelines/standards?
(Multiple answers are possible)










5)
Has your company implemented any internal guidelines for accessibility (such as IBM-guidelines)?






6)
If the answer to question 5 is yes, please specify the name and type (e.g. web accessibility guidelines, mobile guidelines) of these guidelines.



7)
If the answer to question 5 is yes, please specify the reason why you use these aforementioned guidelines?

  Yes No Unsure No answer
Web accessibility
Desktop software
Consumer electronics
Documentation


8)
Has your organization incorporated any of the public guidelines (such as WCAG, ATAG) within your development process? (if yes, please specify the name of the guideline/standard)







9)
If your software applications are complied with WCAG, which implementation of WCAG do you use for Accessibility?

  Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 In this case we don't use the guideline No answer
Web accessibility
Desktop software
Consumer electronics
Documentation


10)
If you use WCAG 1.0 would you switch to WCAG 2.0 as soon as possible?






11)
How do you prefer to keep yourself up to date on accessibility issues?

  Yes No No answer
Print media
Online research
Continuing education
Internal information, for example internal newsletter, meetings etc.
Conferences/workshops/seminars
Service Provider, Software companies
Not at all

12)
Are you a member of an accessibility community?
(Multiple answers are possible)








13)
How do you prefer to evaluate your implementations about accessibility?
(Multiple answers are possible)









14)
If you prefer to evaluate your implementations with an accessibility assessment environment, would you please specify the tools you use?
(Multiple answers are possible)








15)
If you prefer to evaluate your implementations through an Assistive Technology (AT), please specify the type of it.
(Multiple answers are possible)







Accessible-specific
16)
Which of the following tools/methodologies would be interesting to you?
(Multiple answers are possible)













17)
Do your customers expect an official accessibility certification of the services that you offer or develop?







18)
If the answer to question 17 is yes, please specify what kind of certification do you provide to your customers.
(Multiple answers are possible)









19)
Do you use any of the following Assistive Devices?
(Multiple answers are possible)












Personal data

Please note this answers are also voluntary.

20)
Year of birth:
(Year specification will be adequate)



21)
Gender:




22)
Please specify the working position you have in the company.



23)
What type of education do you have?







24)
How many years have you been working already?








25)
How long do you work in your current job position?








26)
What qualifications do you need for your job?
(Multiple answers are possible)






27)
Do you have any kind of impairment?





28)
If the answer to question 27 is yes, please specify what kind of impairment you have?



29)
Are you a member of an organization for people with disabilities?





30)
If the answer to question 29 is yes, please specify the name of the organization you are involved in.



31)
Are you a member of a self-help group?





32)
If the answer to question 31 is yes, please specify the name of the self-help group you are involved in.


Thank you for your time and contribution!

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