A biweekly email with the latest updates on Digital Accessibility and additional information and training relevant to digital accessibility.
Resources
These are external resources you might find beneficial
Guides
- Why GOV.UK content should be published in HTML and not PDF: PDFs are harder to find, use, and maintain. More importantly, unless created with sufficient care PDFs can often be bad for accessibility and rarely comply with open standards.
Source: GOV.UK: Government Digital Service - Creating Accessible and Inclusive Presentations: The presentation goes over what to do as presenters to ensure inclusivity for all our attendees regardless of how they consume the content, beyond the basics of captions and color contrast. The video covers accessibility definitions, standards, and guidelines and then shares practical tips and examples to help make presentation slide decks and presentations more accessible.
Source: Accessibility Talks
Trainings
Trainings from around the web that may be of interest. These trainings are free unless noted. See the event’s information page about registration, changes, or cancelation.
- Is Your Website Accessible? Learn What to Look For and Other A11Y Basics
Details: A demonstration of how to test websites and a presentation on key aspects of website accessibility.
Time: Jan 26, 2024 at 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Source: Center for Accessible Technology (C4AT) - Axe-con
Details: A digital accessibility conference for developers, designers, business users, and accessibility professionals.
Time: Feb 20-22, 2024
Source: Deque