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Accessibility Audit

Australian governments at all levels have endorsed WCAG 2.0, and require all government websites (federal, state and territory) to meet the new guidelines at the minimum compliance level (Single A) by the end of 2012. In addition, the Australian Government requires all federal websites to meet the medium conformance level (Double A) by the end of 2014.

Federal government agencies must update all government websites (as specified within scope under the Website Accessibility National Transition Strategy (NTS)) to WCAG 2.0 conformance. Agencies should use the principle of progressive enhancement when building and managing websites, and test for conformance across multiple browsers and operating system configurations.

Agencies are advised to consider the varied needs of their users and plan for accessibility from the outset. Where accessibility problems are known, agencies should put in place implementation plans to address the problem, then endeavour to minimise future risk by using standards-based web technologies and best practice content management processes.

Further information at http://webguide.gov.au/accessibility-usability/accessibility/ and http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/.

Accessibility Audit

The WCAG 2.0 guidelines are very technical by nature and can look daunting, so how do you know if your website really conforms to the guidelines? Well, Squiz has developed an Accessibility Audit package that will clearly identify all issues preventing your website from meeting WCAG2.0 A standard. AA compliance strategy available on request.

The Accessibility Audit package includes:

  • Full site crawl using the Funnelback WCAG Compliance Auditor
  • List of top 10 or 20 issues
  • Accessibility audit report
  • Recommendations

Accessibility Audit format

The results of the audit will be delivered in an easy to understand format with a clear action plan for bringing your website up to standard.

Should your requirements differ from the services offered in the Accessibility Audit package, Squiz is most happy to customise the audit to suit your needs.

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Accessibility Training Course

Accessibilty Techniques for Editors – a new course focusing on the methods used to achieve accessible content.

Book the MATR102 course online today. 

Evolution of web technology for accessibility

Karen Plimmer from Adaptive Communications in New Zealand talks about why web technology is important for the growing population of visually-impaired people.

For more videos on the relevance of web technology for accessibility, visit Squiz New Zealand's YouTube channel