I have recently run a seminar on prioritising web accessibility during the build of a web site for both DrupalGov and Joomla Day Sydney. You can download the slides for Prioritising web accessibility in the build of a web site from Prezentt. I have highlighted the main issues I covered in this blog post. For more information, have a look at our Services section on Accessibility testing during the web development lifecycle.
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Presentation for dev/world: Mobile and accessibility
You can download my ‘Mobile and accessibility’ presentation and associated links from Prezentt.
I spoke at dev/world on Tuesday about mobile and accessibility. I focused mostly on mobile apps and found some great examples of #ThingsNotToDo.
WordCamp Sydney – PDFs and accessibility
I’m waiting for my flight back to Melbourne after a very interesting WordCamp Sydney. I met some great people and learnt some interesting things.
You can download my presentation and associated links and documents from Prezentt. Most of the speaker slides are also available on the WordCamp Sydney web site.
We’re likely going to be doing the transcribing, captioning and audio descriptions too, so stay tuned!
Prioritising web accessibility in the build of a web site
I just spoke at DrupalGov last week about Prioritising web accessibility in the build of a web site. Feel free to download the slides. There are three formats (please note only the Word file is fully accessible).
Creating accessible video
Gian’s article on Creating accessible video is live on Sitepoint. For more information on OzPlayer, the world’s only accessible video player: OzPlayer information OzPlayer demos (YouTube, Vimeo etc) OzPlayer operating system, browser, mobile and tablet support We can make your transcripts, captions and audio descriptions We can test your video for accessibility We also have
Energy Rating web site accessible redevelopment
AccessibilityOz recently completed a major review and redesign project with The Department of Industry to review the Energy Rating site. Energy Rating is a part of the Equipment Energy Efficiency (E3) Program – a joint initiative of the Australian, Commonwealth, State and Territory governments and the New Zealand Government. The project consisted of four phases:
GovHack and accessibility
So I’m a mentor for GovHack. I’m in Canberra but I’m available to anyone over the weekend. Just contact me via one of the methods below: Email me (gian@accessibilityoz.com.au) Tweet me (@accessibilityoz) Skype me (gianwild) GovHack has just launched and everyone is talking through their ideas, and it certainly isn’t time for accessibility yet. But
Accessibility Breakfasts: Melbourne and Brisbane
Cost: Free Melbourne (please note the venue change): 9 am, Monday 31st March, Holiday Inn, 575 Flinders Lane Canberra: Unfortunately we have had to cancel our Canberra event due to a scheduling conflict. If you would like us to come to you and demonstrate either OzPlayer or BrowseAloud, please contact us. Brisbane (please note the
Links and accessibility
By Gian Wild An extract of this article appears on Sitepoint called ‘Making Accessible Links: 15 Golden Rules for Developers‘. Introduction Links. It’s a lot more than just avoiding “click here”. And, to my eternal shame, WCAG2 even allows “click here” as a valid technique for link text (see Example 1 in Technique G53). WCAG2
Accessibility products demonstrations
Cost: Free Melbourne: Monday 3rd March Canberra: Wednesday 5th March Brisbane: Friday 7th March Sydney: Monday 10th March Register now! Texthelp Ltd and AccessibilityOz are speaking at a free breakfast seminar on the products available to improve the accessibility compliance of your site. These products are BrowseAloud (an assistive technology) and OzPlayer (an accessible video