On 3 January 2012, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) published updated Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, including new techniques for the Portable Document Format (PDF) and Silverlight, and an update to Understanding WCAG 2.0.
With these new techniques now released, agencies need to incorporate as many of them as practicable, as [...]
Tag Archives: pdf
Release of WCAG 2.0 Techniques for PDF
- 12
- Jan
Draft WCAG 2.0 techniques for review – PDF and Silverlight
- 11
- Jul
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has released draft versions of WCAG 2.0 techniques to support PDF and Silverlight and has issued a call for review. AGIMO are particularly interested in the draft PDF techniques for WCAG 2.0.
Testing PDF Accessibility
- 15
- Apr
Recently Adobe ran a series of education sessions for public servants in Canberra about optimising PDF documents for accessibility. AGIMO has published the Adobe presentations on the Web Guide to ensure agencies have access to these materials.
Building accessibility into documents is essential, however testing for accessibility is an important part of ensuring the highest levels [...]
PDF Accessibility Education Sessions for the Australian Government
- 16
- Feb
Adobe are running a series of education sessions in Canberra on optimising PDF documents for accessibility. These sessions have been designed specifically for Australian Public Servants (APS). We are very keen to build PDF authoring skills across the APS, so, if you are a member of the APS and are responsible for authoring content or [...]
Good document design is the key to accessibility
- 30
- Nov
The Australian Government’s study into the Accessibility of the Portable Document Format for people with a disability
The web accessibility thread remains the most popular of our blog themes. Thanks to the work of Jacqui and Raven, it is the place to go to for relevant and reliable information on online accessibility issues in the Australian [...]
Expired: PDF Accessibility Consultation Review
- 26
- Nov
The content below was posted to the Web Publishing Guide between 16 September 2009 and 26 October 2009. This consultation is now closed. It is provided here as a reference only.
An update on the PDF Accessibilty Review
- 26
- Nov
In early September, AGIMO launched a project to review the accessibility support of the Portable Document Format (PDF), for use on government websites. The project is being run in collaboration with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Department of Families and Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).
The initial stage, the Public Consultation, [...]
