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The Way of the Accessible Fist

Accessibility should not be an afterthought. It should not be thrown into the testing stage of the final project spring "if we have time"; it should be part of the development process and it should be considered early to reduce risk. Solid, accessible foundations result in solid, accessible experiences. How do you build accessibility into your projects? For the answer, let us borrow from the teachings of one of the greatest minds regarding training and discipline in the world, John Kreese of the Cobra Kai.

Screen readers of the future

The Digital Access team at Vision Australia provide technical and user-based assessments of websites. When we test websites, we usually find a high number of issues that relate to screen reader use. A screen reader is a piece of software that reads the text on the screen using a synthetic voice and also indicates the nature of the content, for example if it's a heading, image, list or any other format.

5 Ways to Improve Document Accessibility

Do you know how to make Word and PDF documents accessible to people with disabilities or impairments? If you're not sure, here are five ways you can improve document accessibility.

DAT official release and eLearning available now

Make document accessibility an everyday practice with the Document Accessibility Toolbar (DAT) and eLearning course.

Need to make your documents accessible? Meet our new partner

Whether you have a single file or magnitude of legacy documents, our new document remediation partner can make them accessible for you. TaggedPDF is Australia’s first 100% dedicated PDF tagging service.

InDesign how-to: Tagging long tables in PDF documents

Designers often use InDesign to create PDF documents that contain tabulated data spanning multiple columns or pages. Annual reports, for example, commonly have long tables of financial figures and other data. In this article you will learn how to create accessible data tables that span multiple pages using InDesign CC and Acrobat Pro DC.

Government’s Digital Service Standard puts users at the core

Last month saw the release of the alpha Digital Service Standard by the Australian Government’s Digital Transformation Office (DTO). With a strong emphasis on user-centred design and inclusive services, the Standard establishes the criteria that all Australian digital government services must meet to ensure they are simpler, faster and easier for everyone to use.

Make PDFs readable by people who are blind with InDesign

PDF files, like other web content, must be ‘accessible’. In this article you’ll learn key techniques for creating PDF files from InDesign that can be read by people who are blind.

PDF accessibility update from Australian Government

It’s here—the Australian Government has declared its position on accessibility of the Portable Document Format (PDF) based on research undertaken by Vision Australia's Digital Access consultancy.

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