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Techniques for WCAG 2.0 updated, including techniques for Flash

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The World Wide Web Consortium has released updates to Techniques for WCAG 2.0 and Understanding WCAG 2.0. WCAG 2.0, or the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 outline the practical delivery of universal design concepts, focusing on mainstream usability issues, disability-specific accessibility issues, and the interaction of assistive technology products likely to be used by affected disability groups.

The updated documents have more coverage of non-W3C technologies, including techniques for Flash content, and help define a way for authors to comply with WCAG 2.0. The W3C warns however that “…publication of techniques for a specific technology does not imply that the technology can be used in all cases to create accessible content that meets WCAG 2.0.”

Visit the W3C blog for more information about the new and improved WCAG 2.0 techniques.

 

 

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Think Vitamin's free accessibility video tutorials hit 21

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A week ago, Think Vitamin announced at the Future of Web Apps event in London that it would make all its web accessibility videos freely available. Since then, twenty-one captioned videos on web accessibility have been made available – and the number keeps growing.

Previously, you had to be a paid member of Think Vitamin to be able to watch their web accessibility videos. Now they will be freely available to help improve the state of accessibility education in the web developer community.

Videos cover the fundamentals of web accessibility and web projects that are designed to be accessible, plus techniques for developing web applications or content including forms, simple and complex tables, dynamic elements, and charts and graphs.

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New Android app WalkyTalky helps the vision impaired find their way

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The new Android app WalkyTalky is an accessible navigation aid that works alongside Google Maps for Android to better assist people who are blind or vision impaired when they are walking along the street.

The new Android app WalkyTalky is an accessible navigation aid that works alongside Google Maps for Android to better assist people who are blind or vision impaired when they are walking along the street.

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Media Access Australia to chair accessibility session at Web Directions South

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Media Access Australia’s New Media Manager, Sarah Pulis, will be chairing Australia’s Web Accessibility Transition Strategy session at Web Directions South this Thursday, 14 October.

The session will be presented Jacqui Begbie, Director of Web Policy for Accessibility and Style at The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) and Neil King, Project Manager for Web Accessibility at Vision Australia. Vision Australia is exhibiting at the conference.

The session will cover the following:

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