PDF Accessibility Webinar
PDF & WCAG 2.0
Charlie Pike from TPG is presenting a PDF Accessibility Webinar in conjunction with Adobe Acrobat User Group. It’s free to attend, pre-registration required. Wednesday, June 17 10:00 AM US Pacific Time.
ARIA Role Support in Safari 4.0
Victor Tsarin asked on Twitter
Safari4 final came out but I don’t see any #ARIA improvements. Do you?
The Safari 4 New features page talks about ARIA support
Safari supports Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA). The ARIA standard helps web developers make dynamic web content more accessible for people with disabilities. With ARIA, sites taking advantage of advanced technologies like AJAX and JavaScript can now easily interoperate with assistive technologies.
This prompted me to update the testing of the ARIA Role Support in Safari. The findings indicate minimal mapping of ARIA roles to the accessibility API’s on MAC and none on Windows.
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Notes on accessibility of text replacement using HTML5 canvas
Roger Johannson recently blogged on issues with Cufon Accessibility in relation to Assistive Technology, which is well worth a read. It prompted me to do a little testing: Read the rest of this entry »
Thinking About HTML 5 canvas Accessibility
The canvas element is a new element of the ‘in progress’ HTML 5 specification, it provides the ability to create dynamically generated graphics in HTML in conjunction with JavaScript. It has rightly generated a lot of interest due to the possibilities it presents, canvas “can be used for rendering graphs, game graphics, or other visual images on the fly”. While its creative features are sophisticated, its ‘feature’ (duplicate all canvas content as HTML inside the canvas element) for providing an accessible content can best be described as a primitive example of ‘bolt on’ accessibility.
Webinar Rerecorded: Adobe Flash and WCAG 2
Due to quality issues with the original recording of the Flash and WCAG 2 webinar, I have recorded a new version.
You can view the Rerecorded version of the Flash and WCAG 2 webinar, or download the zipped version of the recording. To view the presentation, your browser will need to have the Adobe Flash Player Plugin installed.
Captions are yet to be added.
Webinar Resource Links:
- Adobe Flash accessibility portal page
- WCAG 2.0 Overview
- Blog Post by Andrew KirkPatrick, as mentioned during the presentation