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December 18, 2007
Second “last call working draft” of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 is up for review
Filed under: General — Priti Rohra @ 3:56 pmThe second WCAG 2.0 last call working draft was published on 11th December 2007 and is open for public review until 1st February 2008. WCAG consists of instructions and techniques for making websites accessible for people with disabilities.
WCAG 1.0 was published in 1999 and since then is being used as a standard for Web Accessibility across the world. WCAG 2.0 is currently a public draft which is based on four basic principles:
- Perceivable
- Operable
- Understandable
- Robust
You can find the second WCAG 2.0 last call working draft document at:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20071211/
The WCAG 2.0 working group updated the following documents:
- Overview of WCAG 2.0 Documents is available at:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag20.php - To read the WCAG 2.0 Quick Reference, visit:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/ - To find out Issues and Changes made to WCAG 2.0, visit:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2007/12/change-summary
All the above mentioned WCAG 2.0 updated documents are up for review until 1st February 2008. You can submit your comments by using the comment form or via email at: http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/comments/
In addition, to learn how World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process, visit:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/w3c-process
December 14, 2007
Nicaragua becomes the 12th country to ratify the UN Convention!
Filed under: General — Mamta Tandel @ 7:09 pmDecember has till now seen three countries ratifying the UN Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities! Spain ratified the convention on 3rd December 2007, followed by Namibia on 4th December 2007. On 7 December, Nicaragua in Central America joined the following list of countries to ratified the UN convention:
- Jamaica – 30 March 2007
- Panama – 7 August 2007
- Croatia – 15 August 2007
- Hungary – 20 July 2007
- Cuba – 6 September 2007
- Gabon – 1 October 2007
- India – 1 October 2007
- Bangladesh – 30 November 2007
- South Africa – 30 November 2007
(Source: www.un.org)
Hopefully we get to see more countries ratifying the convention! Keep coming back for regular updates!
No CommentsDecember 6, 2007
Amazing Accessible Ads!
Filed under: General — Mamta Tandel @ 5:59 pmHello everyone,
Would like you all to see these amazing ads with a beautiful concept of using cartoons who appear to be having some sort of disabilities. These cartoons are shown expressing their feelings and frustrations which they face in their day-to-day lives due to the inaccessible environment around them.
These are must see ads!! For those who find it difficult to understand the foreign accent, do not worry. These ads include subtitles as well as a full text transcript of all the ads!!! An the best part it also includes a sign language interpreter!!!
Check out these ads at:
Creatures Discomforts Website
(http://www.creaturediscomforts.org/watch)
December 5, 2007
Accessibility support for Flash in Firefox
Filed under: Flash — Shilpi Kapoor @ 11:15 amUsing accessible Flash in Firefox is now possible. Adobe has launched new flash player version 9,0,115,0 which has MSAA support for Firefox. I don’t know the exact results of it with flash. But, I hope it will be consistent like IE or even better.
peace, veiky
No CommentsDecember 3, 2007
World Disability Day!
Filed under: General — Shilpi Kapoor @ 7:36 pmIt’s the 3rd December, this days marks World Disability Day!
When i think of what this means, I wish it was about taking the ‘dis’ out of the disability. I wish it was about showcasing the abilities of these persons.
I am not an activitist or into advocacy. I run a company where i believe that people with disabilities should also have a choice. A choice to go to whichever mall they want to, a choice to see whichever channel on tv, use whichever mobile they want.
Can we change the perspective of people? Can we change this day to showcase what they can do?
We at Barrierbreak have been so involved with Techshare India 2008 that we didnt have the time to plan anything special for this day.
I would like to just tell the persons with disabilities, that you are no different than others. You have the ability to do everything, anyone else can do. So dont ask for what you need for your disability, but show people the ability in you!
P.S. These are purely my views!
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