Chax Chat Accessibility Podcast

Listen in as Chad and Dax talk about some creative solutions to using color coding inside tables while still meeting accessibility. Be sure to catch us at the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in Anaheim this March! This eposide includes the following:

• The Stoplight Syndrome
• Using Symbols to convey color in a table
• The Legend Matters for Accessibility
• When Size Doesn't Matter
• Actual Text for Blank Cells no-no
• Accessibility Roulette
• "Accessibility at the End" has a Cost
• Presenting Alternatives instead of "That's Not Accessible"
• Be the Solutions Person

Tune in this week to hear our guest Jeremy Seda from North Idaho College as we discuss some of the struggles of accessibility awareness at the college level and the ongoing state of document accessibility amidst the COVID Pandemic.

This episode we discuss:

Pave the Way for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (PWGAAD) - April 20, 2022

• Funkify Disability Simulation Plugin • How Jujitsu applies to Document Accessibility • Covid Cases or Inaccessible Information: Which grew faster? • How the CDC improved their level of Document Accessibility • Say My Meme Accessibility Podcast • Be My Eyes • Look to Speak Eye Gaze Conversation Tool • PWGAAD Directional Audio • Being the only "Expert in your Organization" • Accessibility Struggles in Higher Education • Accessibility Camp Coeur d'Alene • Tactile maps and other technologies

Upcoming CSUN Session Topics: • Document Tag Structure • WCAG in Plain English • Bridging the Accessibility Gaps between Word and PDF • Accessible Tables with Color • Document Accessibility in Higher Education

In this episode we cover ways to increase productivity when assigning alt-text for large libraries of images. Topics include: • Automating Alt-text • How to make writing Alt-text easier • Storing Alt-text in Meta Data • Creating Alt-text in bulk • Alt-text Object Styles for InDesign • Alt-text Headline, Title and Description • Three ways to set Meta Data • Importing Accessible Styles • Setting default styles for every document

Join Chad Chelius and me, Dax Castro as we unravel the question "What standard to do I follow?" Learn when should I aim for AAA Compliance and the difference between WCAG and PDF/UA. Find out how to know the document is really accessible? We discuss some tips on writing alt-text vs providing alternate formats and be sure to stick around and listen to my first call with Be My Eyes and how it completely failed!

Start out the new year right by setting your accessibility goals for 2022. Listen in as Chad and Dax talk about how to set your goals by evaluating where you are in some key categories of accessibility and how to set a game plan for growing your accessibility skill set in 2022. Score yourself from 1 to 10 in each of the areas we talk about. Then develop a game plan to improve in those areas and re-evaluate yourself every 3 months to keep accountable.