Release of WCAG 2.0 Techniques for PDF
On 3 January 2012, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) published updated Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, including new techniques for the Portable Document Format (PDF) and Silverlight, and an update to Understanding WCAG 2.0.
With these new techniques now released, agencies need to incorporate as many of them as practicable, as well as the applicable general techniques, to increase the accessibility of their PDFs. Read more
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Crowd Computing
We don’t tend to think too much about electricity. All plugs are pretty much the same. While national differences persist, we know what voltage and current to expect. This standardisation simplifies design, construction and training. Normally, only the experts are aware of changes – and only they need to be. Read more
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Implementing the strategic vision for government’s use of ICT
Earlier this week I spoke at the Technology in Government & Public Sector Summit in Canberra about the Government’s use of IT. Read more
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Good document design is the key to accessibility
The Australian Government’s study into the Accessibility of the Portable Document Format for people with a disability
The web accessibility thread remains the most popular of our blog themes. Thanks to the work of Jacqui and Raven, it is the place to go to for relevant and reliable information on online accessibility issues in the Australian Government context. This trend continues today with this post heralding the release of the Australian Government’s study into the Accessibility of the Portable Document Format for people with a disability.
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Guest Post: Common Accessibility Fails
This post from Kim Chatterjee is the first in a series of Invited Guest Posts from our CoE members. We encourage everyone to get involved in the Community, so if you want to participate by writing a Guest Post and sharing your advice or views on accessibility, please let us know.
Accessibility in the online space is not just about whether a blind user with a screen reader can understand your website. It is about providing universal access and an effective user experience. This caters for the needs of people with hearing impairments, cognitive and motor impairments, but also caters for a much broader audience. It includes the guy who forgot to pack the mouse in his laptop bag and is keyboard-dependent, the lady who broke her glasses and squints an inch from the screen, the tourist who checks his online booking on his mobile, the potential international student trying to understand your instructions, and the kid who lives in rural Australia still waiting for your page to finish loading. Good accessibility = good usability. Read more
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Welcome to the WCAG 2.0 Community of Expertise (CoE)
It has been a busy few months for the Accessibility and Style team. We are a small team of two – Jacqui & Raven – who endeavour to bring you all you need to know about accessibility of government websites. Since the endorsement of Version 2.0 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) for government websites in late 2009, we’ve been working very hard in planning the implementation to the new web standard, developing the National Transition Strategy (NTS) and working one-on-one with agencies to find solutions to common (and sometimes uncommon) accessibility issues. Read more
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Australian Government releases the Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy
It is our pleasure to announce that the Australian Government Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy (NTS) was released today by the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, the Honourable Lindsay Tanner, MP and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, the Honourable Bill Shorten, MP.
You are no doubt already aware that web accessibility has been a government priority for a number of years and the government endorsement and adoption of WCAG 2.0 will ensure that government websites are more accessible and more user-friendly to everyone. Read more
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Refreshing directory.gov.au
The Government Online Directory website www.directory.gov.au has been undergoing a makeover. This week you will notice a significant improvement to the old look and feel that you would be used to. Before and after examples are below.
Take a look and let us know what you think by responding in the comments below, or giving feedback directly to the directory.gov.au team. Read more
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Expired: PDF Accessibility Consultation Review
The content below was posted to the Web Publishing Guide between 16 September 2009 and 26 October 2009. This consultation is now closed. It is provided here as a reference only.
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An update on the PDF Accessibilty Review
In early September, AGIMO launched a project to review the accessibility support of the Portable Document Format (PDF), for use on government websites. The project is being run in collaboration with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Department of Families and Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).
The initial stage, the Public Consultation, began on September 16 and ran for about 6 weeks to 26 October 2009. We invited comments from many and in the end received just over 40 formal submissions from members of the public; peak disability groups; government departments; industry and accessibility experts.
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