Accessibility within the Web Environment

Accessibility within the Web Environment

Neil King

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• WCAG 2.0 endorsed by government and industry

• National Transition Strategy (NTS) released by AGIMO

• Australian Human Rights Commission updated its advice

Legislative Position

- 95% of Australian Government Departmental portfolios are failing basic compliance

+Australian Government websites display strong accessibility considerations in their design

+Provided almost double the number of Statements of Accessibility to Level AA in 2011

+30% decrease in semantic issues over past 14 months

+Usable and accessible dynamic design

Accessibility Situation

Accessible Implementation

o Lightbox receives focus (4.1.2 Name, role, value)

o Alternative for image CAPTCHA (1.1.1 Non-text content)

Trove

o Slide show provides user control (2.2.2 Pause, stop, hide)

o Slide number identified (1.3.3 Sensory characteristics)

o Instructions for Screen Readers (4.1.2 Name, role, value)

IP Australia

o Keyboard accessible widget (2.1.1 Keyboard)

Australia Post

o Can be reached and operated via the keyboard

o Screen readers describe its functionality and read its values

Fully Accessible Slider

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

ARIA

o Can be reached and operated via the keyboard

o Screen readers do NOT describe its functionality and do NOT read its values

Partially Accessible Slider

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

ARIA

o With JavaScript disabled the slider is not visible

Inaccessible Slider

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

ARIA

o The same functionality is available via the drop-down list

Accessible Drop-down

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

ARIA

o Text alternative for map data (1.1.1 Non-text content)

o Keyboard accessible map (2.1.1 Keyboard)

MyChild

o Semantic alternatives for map data (1.4.1 Use of colour)

o Alternative for visual content (1.1.1 Non-text content)

Bureau of Meteorology

• Get the right people and skillso Retrofitting is more costly

• Be creativeo Accessibility leads to good design

• Test it, measure change and seek feedbacko Go beyond Level AA and technical conformance

Embrace Accessibility

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