The w3c has released a document on pdf techniques for wcag 2. You get the help from a person who has been there and done that, and you also get the opportunity to be social with a. The following list explains terms used in the achieving wcag 2. Authors may discover a new way to address a success criteria, in a way not. Wcag compliance are passionate about creating lasting impressions. Create a short list of guidelines that apply to you. These notes should always be consulted when creating a test. As i mentioned at the end of accommodation versus inclusive design, i concluded that accessibility is a mismatch between the design and a users needs. Techniques that are not sufficient by themselves to meet the guideline or success criterion.
Modernizing pdf techniques for accessibility pdf association. The wcag working group maintains an extensive list of web accessibility techniques and common failure cases for wcag 2. These techniques provide practical advice about how to meet the success criteria in specific instances and in relation to specific technologies. This page lists all the success criteria of the w3c web content accessibility guidelines, version 2.
Applying text alternatives to images with the alt entry in pdf documents. Sufficient and advisory techniques introduction to web. You should try to prevent errors occurring, especially when users are committing to legal or financial agreements, or otherwise sharing their data. On the web or with ict information and communication technology we can create that match by starting with w3cs web content. Having said that, we are currently working on new rules testing things new in wcag 2. The lowdown on pdfs for those who dont already know. The w3c web content accessibility guidelines wcag 2. Please note that the contents of this document are informative they provide guidance, and not normative they do not set requirements for conforming to wcag 2. Each baseline test in this document has a section entitled advisory. Accessibility is the successful access that people with disabilities have to content and spaces. This finding, combined with the lack of sufficient techniques for wcag 2. Beyond these techniques, developers need to conduct additional research to ensure that the content or applications.
It was therefore decided to develop the 508 baseline tests to include, or at least align with most of the wcag 2. Providing a script that warns the user a time limit is about to expire scr18. We looked at the capability of australias most commonly used desktop and mobile screen readers against the global standards for pdf accessibility the world wide web consortiums w3c pdf techniques for wcag 2. Pdf accessibility update from australian government. For an introduction to wcag, supporting technical documents, and educational material, see web. Reduce the risk of input errors for sensitive data all users make mistakes when inputting data for example, into forms and checkouts. Wai clearly indicates that other techniques for determining conformance with wcag 2. Timebased media alternatives, test, sensory and captchas. Providing running headers and footers in pdf documents pdf.
Where common failures are known, these are also documented. Each numbered item in this section represents a technique or combination of techniques that the wcag working group deems sufficient for meeting this success criterion. These are tips on common pitfalls, how tests may be combined, how tests might easily be enhanced, and references to sufficient techniques cited in understanding wcag 2. To model the idea of techniques for accessibility, and to provide a set of references for developers to consider when creating or assessing. For more information on these, please read pdf techniques for wcag 2. On june 5, 2018, the world wide web consortium w3c released an incremental 2. Advisory techniques are not designated as sufficient techniques for various. This document does not cover techniques and best practices already addressed in wcag 2. In addition, acrobat 11 pro offers several other word processor and web format saving options. Sufficient techniques are reliable ways to meet the success criteria.
Techniques and failures for web content accessibility guidelines 2. Also, a success criterion can be fulfilled in other ways not yet specified by the sufficient techniques. There isnt as much that can be automatically tested in wcag 2. Wcag is a set of principlebased rules that are widely cited in legislation and litigation as containing actionable tests that evaluate the degree to which a website, web. For pdf content that is not pdf example rich media say audio or video one use complimentary guidance such as wcag or other format specific standardsguidance. A mechanism is provided to stop, pause, mute, or adjust volume for audio that.
The guidelines and success criteria are designed to be broadly applicable to both current and future technologies. W3c cautions against requiring w3cs sufficient techniques. See also sufficient and advisory techniques in understanding wcag 2. W3c published updates to two supporting documents for web content accessibility guidelines today.
Pdfua1 was approved and published by the iso as iso 142891. Adobe acrobat 11 pro and dc understanding document. Following these guidelines will make content more accessible to a wider range of people with disabilities, including accommodations for blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, limited movement, speech disabilities. Common pdf accessibility errors and their solutions. By following these guidelines, uc will make content more accessible to a wide range of people with disabilities, including blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, learning disabilities, cognitive limitations, limited. Dpub specific wcag pdf techniques w3cdpubaccessibility. For an introduction to wcag, supporting technical documents, and educational. As i recall adobe had some pretty good guidance documents online for. A sufficient technique is one, which, if followed, will be enough to meet a particular success criterion. A must support, aa should support, and aaa may support. Avoid using file extensions in the document title such as. Accessibility involves a wide range of disabilities, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive. The guidelines are categorized into three levels of compliance.
This checklist contains webaims interpretation of wcag guidelines and success criteria. The wcag working group has provided pdf techniques for wcag 2. Techniques that document conditions that would cause the page not to meet the guideline or success criterion, even if sufficient techniques are also used. Wuhcag is all about holistic web accessibility that means taking everything about your. Providing short text alternative for nontext content that serves the same purpose and presents the same information as the nontext content linked img elements when the img element is linked to another page or fragment, the rules of success criterion 2. Understanding the standards and mitigating risk author. Technologyspecific techniques do not replace the general techniques. Identify the roles and responsibilities of key individuals in the wcag workflow. Ten common pdf accessibility errors with solutions uottawa.
Any changes marked are a draft and are not approved by the dpub accessibility task force and the wcag working group. Sufficient and advisory techniques for each success criteria in wcag, there are supporting techniques available that provide potential solutions or strategies that can be used to ensure barriers are removed in web content. Our superior customer care and attention to detail have resulted in significant repeat business with customers who entrust us with all their ada, w3cwcag 2. This web page lists pdf techniques from techniques for wcag 2. If this is a sufficient technique for a success criterion, failing this test procedure does not. If a page uses frames and the frames are appropriately titled, this is a sufficient technique for bypassing individual frames. Allowing users to complete an activity without any time limit. The w3cs wcag working group also provides a growing collection of advisory nonnormative techniques to offer technologyspecific guidance, including a growing set of techniques for html, css, scripting, pdf, flash, and more. Section 508 standards will follow closely the world wide web consortium w3c web content accessibility guidelines 2. Check that a mechanism exists to reduce the width of a block of text to no more than 80. Wcag is developed and written by the wai web accessibility initiative, a subcommittee of the w3c world wide web consortium. Some advisory techniques address accessibility barriers that are not covered by the testable success criteria. Wcag for pdf pdf forms accessibility acrobat answers.
However, it is not necessary to use these particular techniques. Identify federal, provincial and municipal timelines and deadlines for. It is part of a series of documents published by the w3c web accessibility initiative wai to support wcag 2. We emphasise building longterm relationships based on mutual respect and trust. The techniques documents continue to evolve over time i. It is part of a set of documents that support wcag 2. Taking into account screen reader market share in australia, we found that the overall support for desktop was strong, but. The default file format for acrobat 11 pro and dc is adobe portable document format pdf. Many countries and international organizations require compliance with wcag 2.