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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 Developers

This questionnaire has been designed to identify the user needs of Developers 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)
Have you ever dealt with Accessibility?





4)
If the answer to question 3 is yes, then please specify for what reason.









5)
If the answer to question 3 is yes, please indicate how long have you been dealing with Accessibility?








6)
If the answer to question 3 is no, then please specify the reason why.
(Multiple answers are possible)







7)
If you would like to learn more about accessibility, what it would be really interesting for you?
(Multiple answers are possible)










8)
How would you prefer to know more about accessibility aspects?








9)
Are you familiar with any of the following accessibility guidelines/standards?
(Multiple answers are possible)









Job and Professional knowledge
10)
How many employees are currently working in your organisation?





11)
Do you work in a development team?




12)
What is your working position in the company?







13)
For which device do you develop your software application?
(Multiple answers are possible)







14)
Which of the following programming / scripting languages do you use?
(Multiple answers are possible)










15)
What kind of operating system do you prefer to develop for your software application?
(Multiple answers are possible)








16)
If you use any kind of What MarkUp / Modeling languages what kind of them do you prefer to use?
(Multiple answers are possible)







17)
Do you work with an Integrated Development Environment (IDE),
such as NetBeans, Microsoft Visual Studio, etc.?





18)
If the answer to question 17 is yes, do you know if it supports Accessibility?








19)
Are there any accessible applications that have been developed by your organization?






20)
If the answer to question 19 is yes, have you ever been involved with the implementation of an accessible software application?





21)
If the answer to question 20 is yes, please describe the way in which you are/were involved.



22)
Has your organization incorporated any of the guidelines, which are mentioned in question 9), within your development process? (if yes please specify the name of the guideline/standard)?







23)
If you comply 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
24)
If you use WCAG 1.0 would you switch to WCAG 2.0 as soon as possible?






25)
Has your company implemented any internal guidelines for accessibility (such as IBM-guidelines)?






26)
If the answer to question 25 is yes, please specify the name and the type (e.g. web accessibility guidelines, mobile accessibility guidelines) of these guidelines?



27)
If the answer to question 25 is yes, please specify the reason why does your company use these aforementioned guidelines?

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

28)
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
Not at all

29)
How do you evaluate your software implementations about accessibility?
(Multiple answers are possible)









30)
If you prefer to evaluate your implementations with an accessibility assessment environment, would you please specify the tools do you use?
(Multiple answers are possible)








31)
If you prefer to evaluate your implementations through an Assistive Technology (AT), please specify the type of it.
(Multiple answers are possible)







Accessible-specific
32)
Which of the following tools/methodologies would be interesting to you?
(Multiple answers are possible)













33)
How should accessibility simulation/validation tools be provided?
(Multiple answers are possible)







Personal experience
34)
Do you know people with disabilities?





35)
Do you keep in touch with people with disabilities?





36)
If the answer to question 35 is yes, please specify how do you keep in touch with them?






37)
Do you know people who need assistive technology, e.g. Screen readers screen magnifiers, etc.?






38)
If the answer to question 37 is yes, please specify what kind of assistive technology do they usually use?



39)
Does your knowledge concerning accessibility for software implementations affect you work?






40)
If the answer to question 39 is yes or partly, please shortly explain in short the affects?



Personal data

Please note this answers are also voluntary.


41)
Year of birth:
(Year specification will be adequate)



42)
Gender:




43)
What type of education do you have?







44)
How long have you been working as a developer?








45)
How long have you been working in your current job position?








46)
What special qualifications do you think that are really needed for the improvement of your job position?







47)
Do you have any kind of impairment?





48)
If the answer to question 47 is yes, please specify what kind of impairment do you have?


Thank you for your time and contribution!

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