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WEB ACCESSIBILITY
Umesh GuptaConsultant – (HRIS)[email protected]
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WEB ACCESSIBILITYWhat does it all mean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEM9Fn9aOG8
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WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE?Experiences of Individuals with Disabilities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kziXJX6a7E4
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DIVERSITY OF WEB USERS•may not be able to see, hear, move, or may not be able to process some types of information easily or at all
•may have difficulty reading or comprehending text
•may not have or be able to use a keyboard or mouse
•may have a text-only screen, a small screen, or a slow Internet connection
•may not speak or understand fluently the language in which the document is written
•may have an early version of a browser, a different browser entirely, a voice browser, or a different operating system.
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OUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS
Transitioning to WCAG 2.0
The ICT Governance Board requires all
Australian Government websites to implement WCAG
2.0 to meet the middle level of conformance
(Double A) over a four-year period. (by Dec
2014)
The provision of information and online services
through the web is a service covered by the
DDA.
Deakin is a government website for the purposes of complying with WCAG 2.0 because universities fall
under the federal Department of Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations for
funding and reporting. Para 4.2 of the HRC advisory note is not directed at or
applicable to Deakin.
Equal access for people with a
disability in this area is required
by the DDA where it can reasonably
be provided.
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CASES OF COMPLAINTS…
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THE CASE FOR WEB ACCESSIBILITYFour reasons why your website should support web accessibility
•Social inclusion•Good for business•Employment and education•Legal and policy
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WHAT DO U THINK ABOUT IT NOW?
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FIVE STAGES OF ACCESSIBILITY
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depressio
n
Acceptanc
e
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FIVE STAGES OF ACCESSIBILITY
Denial“This is a web ‘application‘ so those rules don’t apply to us”
“We’re not the government so we don’t have to make this accessible”
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FIVE STAGES OF ACCESSIBILITYAnger
“I can’t believe they’re making us do this!”
“This is just going to cost us money that we’ll never make back!”
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FIVE STAGES OF ACCESSIBILITYBargaining
“What about making it just level A compliant instead of AA?”
“Can we just leave that part for later?”
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FIVE STAGES OF ACCESSIBILITYDepression
“Sigh. We’ve done all this work, and its made no difference, and that consultant still told us we did it wrong…”
“This is really hard, and there’s so much to think about”
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FIVE STAGES OF ACCESSIBILITYAcceptance
“Lets make things as accessible as we can, in a way that doesn’t compromise our business goals, or the aesthetic quality of our site. And, if we need to make changes later to make it more accessible, then we’ll do that too.”“We can do this!”
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WHAT CAN A CMS USER DO?Ensure the content we create online is accessible.
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Non-text ContentSomething that is represented visually, such as an image, it should have a brief text description embedded in the code.
This description should reflect the purpose of the image and the context in which it is being used.
KEY ISSUES IDENTIFIED
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EXAMPLES
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KEY ISSUES IDENTIFIEDInfo and RelationshipsIf a style was applied to visually indicate that something is a page heading, table heading or a list, make sure that the appropriate markup is was used.
So that when the presentation changes (e.g. the style sheets are turned off), that information and relationships are preserved.
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EXAMPLESTables<table summary “Contact details of the Directors office” > <thead> <tr><th width="150">Name</th><th width="200">Position</th><th width="71">Phone</th><th width="59">Campus</th></tr></thead>
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KEY ISSUES IDENTIFIEDUsing h1-h6 tags to identify headings
•A screen reader can recognize the code and announce the text as a heading with its level, beep or provide some other auditory indicator.•Screen readers are also able to navigate heading mark-up which can be an effective way for screen reader users to more quickly find the content of interest
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EXAMPLESHeadings – Example<H1>
<H2>
<H3>
<H2>
<H3>
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KEY ISSUES IDENTIFIED
Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)
TranscriptsFor prerecorded audio-only and
prerecorded video-only media, alternatives need to be provided.
Captions (Prerecorded)
One of the easiest ways is to submit a video to YouTube’s
automated captions. The captions can be edited to improve
accuracy.
Create a text transcript/description that presents
the same information as the
prerecorded audio/video-only
content.
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EXAMPLES
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EXAMPLESUsing Amara Universal SubtitlesThree step process:
Step1 – Typing
the subtitles
Step2 – Syncing
the subtitles
Step 3 – Reviewing your work
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KEY ISSUES IDENTIFIEDPDF accessibilityIts common use on websites and its inherent accessibility barriers make it a common topic for discussion in accessibility circles.
PDF/UA (ISO 14289) the International standard for accessible PDF technologies.
PDF/UA provide guidance on how to produce reliably accessible PDF files.
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EXAMPLES
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WEB EVALUATION TOOLS/GUIDESWave web accessibili
ty tool, WebAIM.
http://wave.webaim.org/toolbar/
HTML CodeSniffer, Squiz.
http://squizlabs.github.io/HTML_CodeSniffer/
W3C CSS Validation
Service http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator
WebAnywhere, http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.php
Markup Validation
Service, W3C.http://validator.w3.org/check
.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
(WCAG) 2.0, W3C.
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/
Authoring Tool Accessibility
Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0, W3C
http://www.w3.org/TR/ATAG20/
Evaluation tools
Validation tools
WCAGGuidelines
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