Our goal is provide resources that are accessible to all
Whether it's making education, library services, or online access accessible, inclusion through accessibility is at the core of Perkins School for the Blind's mission. For the Perkins Archives, this means ensuring that we continue to re-evaluate and improve the accessibility of our online collections and resources.
Our goal is provide resources that are accessible to all
Whether it's making education, library services, or online access accessible, inclusion through accessibility is at the core of Perkins School for the Blind's mission. For the Perkins Archives, this means ensuring that we continue to re-evaluate and improve the accessibility of our online collections and resources.
What you can expect
Migration from legacy sites
- Archives staff will be moving our digital collections, taking the time to ensure that all assets on this site meet our current description standards.
- Once moved over, that collection will no longer be on the legacy site.
- Text that relies on OCR (Optical Character Recognition) will be reviewed and corrected in a timely manner and following best practices to ensure legibility and excellent user experience.
- Complex resources, such as The Scrapbooks, that contain extreme barriers to reviewing and presenting content due to size or design will not be reviewed for cleanup and transcription. It is our hope that the OCR will provide basic access points to these resources for all.
Transcription
- If any of Perkins Archives resources accessed online aren’t accessible in part or in whole, to a user because of a disability, we will create an accessible version upon request. Please email us at Archives@Perkins.org and include a link to the resource and a description of what you need transcribed in your message.
Links
- Links to content that lives on other websites, including Perkins.org, will not open in a new window. The rationale behind this is:
- Links opening in a different window can be disorienting especially those who have difficulty seeing or using a screen reader
- Opening in the same window allows user to go “back” and get to where they were.
- Users have the ability to select if they would like to open the link in a new tab or window themselves.
- Links to content that lives on other websites will provide advance warning to users near the links and in alternative text if the link is an image. This will denote where the user will be taken using phrasing such as “on Perkins.org”
What you can expect
Migration from legacy sites
- Archives staff will be moving our digital collections, taking the time to ensure that all assets on this site meet our current description standards.
- Once moved over, that collection will no longer be on the legacy site.
- Text that relies on OCR (Optical Character Recognition) will be reviewed and corrected in a timely manner and following best practices to ensure legibility and excellent user experience.
- Complex resources, such as The Scrapbooks, that contain extreme barriers to reviewing and presenting content due to size or design will not be reviewed for cleanup and transcription. It is our hope that the OCR will provide basic access points to these resources for all.
Transcription
- If any of Perkins Archives resources accessed online aren’t accessible in part or in whole, to a user because of a disability, we will create an accessible version upon request. Please email us at Archives@Perkins.org and include a link to the resource and a description of what you need transcribed in your message.
Links
- Links to content that lives on other websites, including Perkins.org, will not open in a new window. The rationale behind this is:
- Links opening in a different window can be disorienting especially those who have difficulty seeing or using a screen reader
- Opening in the same window allows user to go “back” and get to where they were.
- Users have the ability to select if they would like to open the link in a new tab or window themselves.
- Links to content that lives on other websites will provide advance warning to users near the links and in alternative text if the link is an image. This will denote where the user will be taken using phrasing such as “on Perkins.org”
Keyboard shortcuts
In line with WCAG guidelines, standard keyboard controls can be used, in place of a mouse or cursor, to navigate aspects of Quartex websites. A list of image-viewer specific keyboard shortcuts is also available from any Quartex web page. The list can be found by tabbing through the site masthead. A Keyboard shortcuts’ button will appear and the list is accessed by hitting enter.
Keyboard shortcuts
In line with WCAG guidelines, standard keyboard controls can be used, in place of a mouse or cursor, to navigate aspects of Quartex websites. A list of image-viewer specific keyboard shortcuts is also available from any Quartex web page. The list can be found by tabbing through the site masthead. A Keyboard shortcuts’ button will appear and the list is accessed by hitting enter.
Perkins Archives transcription guidelines
Our goal is to facilitate equitable access to Perkins digitized collections. For resources that are text-based, this means we provide transcriptions. Whether it's human generated transcription or created using optimal character recognition (OCR) and manually corrected, we have created guidelines for both processes. These guidelines prioritize accessibility while incorporating transcription best practices.
Perkins Archives transcription guidelines
Our goal is to facilitate equitable access to Perkins digitized collections. For resources that are text-based, this means we provide transcriptions. Whether it's human generated transcription or created using optimal character recognition (OCR) and manually corrected, we have created guidelines for both processes. These guidelines prioritize accessibility while incorporating transcription best practices.
Access through transcription
Transcriptions play an essential role in creating more equitable access to text based resources in our collection. If you are a researcher who has transcribed any Perkins Archives materials and would like to share the transcription, or if you are simply an individual interested in transcribing or reviewing transcription to help ensure accessibility in our digital collections, please contact us at Archives@Perkins.org.
Access through transcription
Transcriptions play an essential role in creating more equitable access to text based resources in our collection. If you are a researcher who has transcribed any Perkins Archives materials and would like to share the transcription, or if you are simply an individual interested in transcribing or reviewing transcription to help ensure accessibility in our digital collections, please contact us at Archives@Perkins.org.
Partnership for accessibility
The Perkins School for the Blind is committed to providing a website experience that meets the needs not only of our community of students, alumni, and faculty with visual impairments, but for all visitors to our website, regardless of their age, ability, or means of access. Our ongoing effort to improve the accessibility of our website includes working toward conforming to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2, level AA criteria. These guidelines help make web content accessible to users who rely on assistive technologies such as screen readers, screen magnifiers, voice recognition software and alternative input devices.
The Perkins School for the Blind has partnered with AM Quartex to provide a more sophisticated and accessible user experience that meets these institutional goals regarding online access. AM strives to ensure that their Quartex platform conforms to the regulations outlined in the WCAG, with a focus on the WCAG2.2 AA standard. More information about AM's commitment to accessibility and their documentation can be found on the AM Quartex website.
Our internal accessibility consulting group, Perkins Access, and our Digital Accessibility team provides the School and the Archives with ongoing inclusive design advice, training, accessibility audits, usability testing with people who are blind / visually impaired as well as remediation guidance for the Perkins.org site. If you experience any difficulty using this site, or you have feedback that will help us to provide a better user experience, please contact us at Archives@Perkins.org or contact AM Quartex directly using the Quartex contact form.
Partnership for accessibility
The Perkins School for the Blind is committed to providing a website experience that meets the needs not only of our community of students, alumni, and faculty with visual impairments, but for all visitors to our website, regardless of their age, ability, or means of access. Our ongoing effort to improve the accessibility of our website includes working toward conforming to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2, level AA criteria. These guidelines help make web content accessible to users who rely on assistive technologies such as screen readers, screen magnifiers, voice recognition software and alternative input devices.
The Perkins School for the Blind has partnered with AM Quartex to provide a more sophisticated and accessible user experience that meets these institutional goals regarding online access. AM strives to ensure that their Quartex platform conforms to the regulations outlined in the WCAG, with a focus on the WCAG2.2 AA standard. More information about AM's commitment to accessibility and their documentation can be found on the AM Quartex website.
Our internal accessibility consulting group, Perkins Access, and our Digital Accessibility team provides the School and the Archives with ongoing inclusive design advice, training, accessibility audits, usability testing with people who are blind / visually impaired as well as remediation guidance for the Perkins.org site. If you experience any difficulty using this site, or you have feedback that will help us to provide a better user experience, please contact us at Archives@Perkins.org or contact AM Quartex directly using the Quartex contact form.