This article was written by OZeWAI member Ricky Onsman and was originally published on the TPGi website. I was recently asked to comment on the Australian Government Style Manual’s advice on using currency symbols. Non-Australian currency symbols may be inaccessible to people who access content using screen readers. Screen readers may be unable to interpret […]
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This article was written by OZeWAI member Ricky Onsman and was originally published on the TPGi website. Data visualization is a term applied to images that are used to make complex data easier to understand by displaying them visually. Examples commonly encountered in web content include pie charts, line charts, column graphs, bar graphs, and
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By OZeWAI member Andrew Downie, Accessibility Consultant. And so it came to pass In a recent OZeWAI Committee meeting I related a fix for a problem I was having when trying to read some Google Docs with a screen reader. Before I knew it, it was unanimously agreed (no veto permitted) that an article was
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This article was written by OZeWAI member Ricky Onsman and was originally published on the TPGi website. When it comes to the web, we all have to deal with forms. When you subscribe to an email newsletter – that’s a form. When you apply for a credit card online – that’s a form. When you
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This article was written by OZeWAI member Ricky Onsman and was originally published on the TPGi website. Much has been written in recent years about accessibility overlays, third party technologies that aim to make websites more accessible without the website owner having to mess about with their underlying code. The idea of using technology to
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By OZeWAI member Andrew Downie, Accessibility Consultant. Introduction Writing equations that both look as they should and are fully accessible can be a messy business. MathML is a laudable solution in terms of the end result in HTML pages. However, writing MathML directly is a tedious process and accessible tools to automate the process are
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This article was written by OZeWAI member Ricky Onsman and was originally published on the TPGi website. Web developers, designers and content authors may produce web content that inadvertently causes multiple failures of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). When this content is tested against WCAG Success Criteria (SC), auditors may wonder whether there is
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By OZeWAI member Andrew Downie, Accessibility Consultant. Background Clear sound is important during any form of public speaking: lectures, tutorials, conference presentations – even group discussions that are broadcast online. While few would dispute that statement, in both face to face and online situations several factors often militate against this. They include: Poor microphone placement
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This article was written by OZeWAI member Ricky Onsman and was originally published on the TPGi website. Numbers are a key part of how we express ourselves and communicate with each other. They are often used to express concepts that are critical to our way of life: cultural, financial, medical, legal … numbers play an
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By OZeWAI member Andrew Downie, Accessibility Consultant. The following is an attempt to marry or, at least, arrange a harmonious relationship between two HTML elements. This happy couple, together, can provide more streamlined access to text descriptions of images.
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