The McFarlane Prize has been awarded annually since 2006 in memory of the late Nigel McFarlane, an IT professional well respected for his extensive knowledge of web development and open source.
To be eligible for nomination:
The WCAG 2.0 CoE has been formed to support the Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy which requires all Federal, State and Territory government websites to conform to the Single A level of WCAG 2.0 by the end of 2012, and all Federal government websites to conform to the Double A level of WCAG 2.0 by 2015.
InDesign is a desktop publishing software product that is used to create documents for print, online or for use on mobile devices. The video tutorial, Preparing InDesign Files for Accessibility, shows InDesign users how to create accessible PDFs using InDesign and Adobe Professional. The resulting document can be read using assistive technologies such as screen readers and screen magnifiers.
This tool allows users to easily verify the accessibility of any files created as a PDF document. The PAC allows a PDF to be loaded in and a check performed on the file for accessibility. The check takes a few minutes, and then provides basic feedback on the accessibility of the file.
Accessibility issues that are checked include document tagging, use of titles, language declarations, heading structure, font encoding, reading order and alternative text.
