The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 is based around four fundamental design principles that state that, in order for a website to be accessible, it must have content that is:
The PCWA course highlights video runs for one minute and thirty seconds. In addition to the standard video, an audio described version of this video is also available.
Much of the focus related to the 40th anniversary of BCA with presentations and discussions relating to how products and services for people who are blind or vision impaired have progressed over that time, current issues both locally and internationally, and the significance of BCA in the future.
There are several reasons why the web becomes more complicated for non-English speaking users, and it’s a combination of a number of factors:
We asked gamers for their thoughts, experiences and opinions on using in-game captions, ideas to improve gaming accessibility, and their stories to share as gamers with a disability.
In Europe, the European Blind Union (EBU) has issued a warning that the European Commission’s pledge — Directive 2004/18/EC — to make all public websites and websites providing basic services to citizens accessible by 2015 is slipping behind schedule.
The EBU claims that EU Ministers have not held any meaningful discussions on the directive since June 2013.
A big focus of presentations this year was the convergence of consumer products with web standards. This means that more products will be designed in an accessible way that works better with the accessibility features on popular devices.
