John Slatin AccessU 2024
May 13-16, 2024
St. Edwards University, Austin, TX, USA
The Least You Need for a Responsive (Mobile First) Web Site
10:15 AM to 11:45 AM
Tue, May 14, 2024
Session Summary
This will be presented from the perspective of web design. It is targeted at busy web designers with little to no JS experience or a lazy web developer who appreciates simplicity. Some knowledge of HTML and CSS will be necessary but it will not be a deep dive into web design.
Description
With the ubiquity of smartphones for viewing the web, it's almost a necessity that most websites can be easily viewed on those small, handheld devices. This session will cover how to make websites using responsive design with the least blood, sweat, and tears as well as the least programming.
This will be presented from the perspective of a web designer. It is targeted at busy web designers with little to no JS experience or lazy web developers who appreciate simplicity. Some knowledge of HTML and CSS will be necessary but it will not be a deep dive into markup languages.
A few of the topics covered:
- Why do you need a mobile website?
- Why are we covering mobile website design in an accessibility conference?
- What is universal design and how does it relate to accessibility?
- Applying mobile-first to a legacy website.
Practical Skills
- Build a responsive web site with the least grief.
- How responsive Web Design and Accessibility are closely related and complement one another.
- How to create a functional hamburger menu without JavaScript.
Handout for the Responsive Web Design session including all the slides and notes (updated on 5/15/2024)
Demo Page One: Supernatural Horror in Literature
A11y PDF: 101 and 102
8:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Wed, May 15, 2024
Session Summary
A comprehensive session for applying Ally to Office documents and PDFs using WCAG, PDF/UA, and the Matterhorn protocol. This will focus on the creation of accessible documents rather than remediation of less accessible documents.
Description
This is a combination of two sessions:
- Don't Remediate your PDFs!
- What the heck are PDF/UA and the Matterhorn protocol?
Practical Skills
- How to prevent PDFs from appearing completely blank to screen readers.
- How to format documents or PDFs so that PWD can easily navigate them.
- Learn the faster and more effective alternative to painstakingly remediating PDFs for Accessibility.
Handout for "PDF Accessibility 101" including all the slides and notes
Handout for "PDF Accessibility 102" including all the slides and notes
Hacking Redacted PDFs (YouTube Video 2:14)
John Slatin AccessU 2022
St. Edwards University, Austin, TX | May 9th-12th, 2022
AccessU is a three-day conference for those seeking knowledge and best practices in accessible digital design. Produced by Knowbility since 2004 and as a virtual conference since 2020, this year Knowbility will be introducing a new conference model for AccessU 2022 that blends asynchronous learning with live events.
Learn more about the conference here: John Slatin AccessU 2022
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Some CSS Techniques and Tips for Better A11y
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Using both HTML and CSS in dedicated files allows for the separation of content and presentation which contributes to greater Accessibilitty. This sessions is for web designers and front-end or full-stack web developers to apply HTML and CSS for beter Accessibility.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Which version of HMTL is best for our purposes and why.
- The benefits of using HTML for semantic markup and CSS for styles/aesthetics/presention.
- Use style sheets to improve A11y a well as Responsive Design, Universal Design, Search Engine Optimization, and future proofing your sites.
- Some CSS best practices.
- Choose the optional font setting for responsive web site.
- Choose the default font and fall back fronts for a variety of operating systems.
- Reduce the size of your web pages by using less HTML
- Simplify the development and application of your web site's A11y color scheme
THREE TAKE-AWAYS:
- Understanding of how using CSS along with HMTL can make immediate improvements to a site's Accessibility with little effort.
- Providing individual web page experiences for a variety of users and situations (e.g., different font faces, differen font sizes, different color schemes.
- Preventing the mysterious announcements of the word "blank" by screen readers.
e-Records Conference 2020 | Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 and Thursday, November 19, 2020
This event is organized by TSLAC and co-sponsored with DIR to promote electronic records management in Texas government. The conference gathers records management and information technology staff from the state and local level together to learn from each other by sharing case studies, solutions, best practices, challenges, and lessons learned.
- e-Records Conference 2020
- Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC)
- Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR)
A11y: Making Documents and PDFs Accessible to All Employees and Citizens
Prepared and presented by:
- David Ondich, M.S., Americans with Disabilities Act Program Administrator, City of Austin
- Bouton Jones, IT Business Systems Analyst Senior
Thursday, November 19, 2020 from 10:20-11:10 AM
The easy ways to ensure your Microsoft Office documents and PDF files are fully accessible. The session will both demonstrate the experience of using assistive technology to read accessible and inaccessible documents from the perspective of blind employees and citizens. Also it will explain how to apply optimal accessibility.
It will cover:
- The rise of PDF related lawsuits in Florida in 2019
- How and why some PDFs appear "Blank" to screen reader
- The cause and consequences of some document being "Untagged"
- The use and benefits of Semantic markup in documents
- The benefits of exporting over remediting PDFs
- The benefits and limitations of using Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
- The role and consequences of "renderable text" in a "searchable image"
- Quality assurance testing for Word and PDF