What is amusing though is that the imposition of the Standard on
web accessibility does not limit its effects to the techies programming web sites.
Not exact matches
Which
web accessibility standards
does your LMS need to adhere to?
The presenters have been through the compliance process and in this session will discuss how to check your
web site
accessibility, how to fix issues, how to make PDF documents accessible and what to
do if a complaint is filed.
The Department of Transportation
does not guarantee that outside
Web sites comply with Section 508 (
Accessibility Requirements) of the Rehabilitation Act.
We all benefit from the work
done by the
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), and many of the features of EPUB 3 will be useful for persons with disabilities without additional work from the publisher.
EPUB 3.1 also includes an
Accessibility specification [EPUB
Accessibility] that leverages the extensive work
done to make
Web content accessible in [WCAG 2.0].
If you don't think this is important, ask Target how their law suit went, or as blind artist John Bramblitt what he thinks about website
accessibility (yes, he is blind and an AMAZING artist, but he can not SEE your
web page.)
As many colleagues involved in serving Canadian government's online projects along the years, I too
did my fair part of fence - sitting about
web accessibility requirements.
When you've decided you're ready to
do more, or if you have intricate content not addressed here, the
Web Accessibility Initiative has many tutorials to help you dig deeper.
Before you
do anything else, run your website through an
accessibility web checker.
The ACLCO has designed its
web pages to be rendered in a plain text format (with limited graphics) to maximize
accessibility for those with visual impairments who
do not, however, rely on braille printers.