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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e-Publication accessibility
Recently the Australian Security Research Centre hosted an information sharing session on “i-documents & other e-publications”. It included information on a range of e-publishing trends including the use of EPUB and various other formats and their application in the government context. I spoke about accessibility and e-publications, and how the principles of accessible information apply to all e-publications. Read more
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Reaching all the people: an accessibility update from AGIMO on Thursday 27th October 2011
AGIMO’s Accessibility team would like to invite you to an upcoming web accessibility seminar, “Reaching all the people: an accessibility update from AGIMO”, to be hosted at University House on Thursday 27th October 2011.
As part of the Australian Government’s commitment to improved Web Accessibility, AGIMO is hosting a full day seminar for Australian Government web, ICT and communication professionals as well as staff responsible for implementing the Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy (NTS) within their agency. Read more
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Science or Fiction: ICT in the future of government service delivery
Last week, I spoke to the FutureGov conference in Canberra about government service delivery, in particular, the role in that delivery of ICT. Rightly, much is made of the advantages ICT can bring to this and other aspects of modern government. However, as Dr Francis Collins of the Human Genome project observed, we tend to overestimate the short term impact of technology and underestimate the long term impact. Some things about the future are quite sure (and, foolishly as it turns out, at this stage I made a prediction about the Rugby World Cup). Others are not. My presentation touched on several of these: mobility, simplicity, security, privacy, social media, ubiquity and accessibility. Read more
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Social Media and the ANGST of Accessibility
In the “Integrating Online Services with your existing Community Engagement Strategy” conference last week, along with John Sheridan’s Taming Twitter Terrorism, I presented some insights and the top five tips when using social media to engage with people.
Accessibility needs frequently confound people. This can result in inaction. Through inaction, we create exclusion. To avoid this, I offer some ideas to ensure accessibility needs can be met, thus promoting inclusion. Read more
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AGIMO wins accessibility award
Regular readers of our blog will know that the Accessibility section of our blog attracts a great deal of attention. Our web accessibility team, led by Jacqui van Teulingen, has done a tremendous job in furthering discussion and action on accessibility. The Australian Government’s position on WCAG 2.0, as reflected in the National Transition Strategy, is a testament to the hard work of the team. Together with their colleagues from similar teams across the Australian Public Service, they have considerably advanced the accessibility cause in the web content area. Read more
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New WCAG 2.0 Techniques released by the W3C
Announced in a media release last week, the W3C’s Web Accessibility Initiative has released a number of new and improved Techniques to meet or help meet WCAG 2.0. This is excellent news for agencies looking to create more dynamic or interactive websites, with the release of techniques for multimedia, Flash and WAI-ARIA.
Especially for agencies already using Flash on their websites, ensure you review these new techniques and comply with recommended processes to improve accessibility. Read more
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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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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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