differences between wcag 1.0 and wcag 20 (accessibility oz)
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Now that WCAG2 has been endorsed by federal, state and local Government, the time has come to review your department's web sites and applications for compliance to the new guidelines. Gian Wild will talks about WCAG2 and the main differences between this new set of guidelines and WCAG1. Presented Tuesday 29 November 2011 to the Victorian Government.TRANSCRIPT
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The differences between WCAG1 and WCAG2Gian Wild
www.accessibilityoz.com.au
What do you need to do?Principles
WCAG2Guidelines
Understanding Success Criterion WCAG2
Techniques Techniques
5 conformance requirements Conformance level Full pages Complete processes Only accessibility-supported ways of using
technologies Non-interference
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Top changes from WCAG1 to WCAG2
Level A
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CAPTCHA
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Captions and audio descriptions
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Audio control
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Sensory characteristics
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Skip links
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Validation
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Pause / Stop / Hide
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Timing
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Information and relationships
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Page titled
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Error identification
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Link purpose (in context)
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Keyboard and keyboard traps
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Remember – these things remain the same
Top ten changes
Site needs to work with style sheets
off
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PDFs are still inaccessible
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JavaScript must always have an HTML fallback
More on accessibility… AGIMO accessibility blog:
http://agimo.govspace.gov.au/category/accessibility/
The Australian Government’s study into the Accessibility of the PDF for people with a disability:http://agimo.govspace.gov.au/2010/11/30/good-document-design-is-the-key-to-accessibility/
eGovernment Accessibility Toolkit: http://www.egov.vic.gov.au/victorian-government-resources/manuals-and-toolkits-victoria/accessibility-toolkit/victorian-government-accessibility-toolkit-version-3-september-2009-in-pdf-format-2898kb.html
More on accessibility… WebAIM:
http://wave.webaim.org/
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative: h
ttp://www.w3.org/WAI/
Gian Wild:h
ttp://www.gianwild.com.au
Twitter: #accessibilityoz
