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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. iAccessible.org. Presentation Objectives. Familiarize you with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0 ). Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI ). World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Program

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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0

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  1. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 iAccessible.org

  2. Presentation Objectives • Familiarize you with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0)

  3. Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) • World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Program • W3C Accessibility information found at http://www.w3.org/WAI/

  4. Purpose of WCAG 2.0 Make web content more accessible for people with • blindness and low vision • deafness and hearing loss • learning disabilities • cognitive limitations • limited movement • speech difficulties • photosensitivity

  5. Principles • Perceivable • Operable • Understandable • Robust

  6. Perceivable • Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive. • It can't be invisible to all of their senses

  7. Operable • User interface components and navigation must be operable. • The interface cannot require interaction that a user cannot perform.

  8. Understandable • Information and the operation of user interface must be understandable. • The content or operation cannot be beyond their understanding

  9. Robust • Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies. • As technologies and user agents evolve, the content should remain accessible.

  10. Principles Shape Guidelines Principles Guidelines

  11. Guideline Success Criteria • Success criteria under each guideline help test conformance to the guideline. • 3 levels of conformance – A (lowest), AA, and AAA (highest).

  12. You can find the guidelines at http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/

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