Archive for March, 2009

Adobe PDF & WCAG 2.0 Webinar

PDF & WCAG 2.0
The recording, transcript, and slides from the PDF & WCAG 2.0 webinars presented by TPG in conjunction with Adobe, is now available:

Captioned streaming media recording
Presentation transcript (MS Word 89 kb)
Presentation slides (PDF 220 kb)

The Paciello Group and Adobe Present WCAG 2.0 Accessibility Webinars for Flash and PDF

TPG & Adobe Press Release (Adobe PDF document, 72 kb)
TPG & Adobe Press Release (Microsft Word document, 37 kb)

March 19, 2009 - Nashua, NH.
The Paciello Group (TPG) and Adobe are pleased to announce a series of webinars on how to create PDF and Flash web-based content that is accessible for people with disabilities.
PDF and [...]

The Paciello Group and WebAIM Announce Web Site Certification Services for Accessibility

Press Release
TPG & WebAIM Press release (microsoft Word document, 33 KB)
March 18, 2009 - Nashua, NH.
The Paciello Group (TPG) and WebAIM are pleased to announce today a partnership that delivers a new, independent program for web site certification for accessibility.
In today’s diverse environment, the Internet is becoming the pre-eminent location for people with disabilities to [...]

WAI-ARIA role support - How the MAC browsers stack up

For the roles defined in WAI-ARIA it is expected that browsers expose the role values via an accessibility API, on the Apple OS X platform the information is exposed using the Mac OS X Accessibility Protocol. Use of an Accessibility API means that Assistive Technology can access the role information ARIA provides employing [...]

WAI-ARIA role support - How the browsers stack up

For the roles defined in WAI-ARIA it is expected that browsers expose the role values via an accessibility API, on the Windows platform the information is usually exposed using the Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) Application Programming Interface (API). Use of an Accessibility API such as MSAA means that Assistive Technology can access the role information [...]