Document Accessibility amidst COVID

03/08/22 • 40 min

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

This episode we discuss:

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

Previous Episode

Document Accessibility in Higher Education

Join Chad and Dax as they preview their upcoming session at the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference on Document Accessibility in Higher Education. They discuss the problems with multiple source files, HTML as a 'more accessible' version of digital content as well as 4 things you can do today to create more accessible content. Be sure to stick around as they talk about WCAG and the PAC checker and when it is okay to delete a tag from the tags tree without triggering untagged content errors.

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Live from CSUN Assistive Tech Conference

If you didn't get to see us live at the Center on Disabilities at CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, or get to watch the video, here is the audio podcast version of the show. It is PACKED with tons of info and almost a full hour long!!!! We even answered questions from our online and live audience.

Topics include:

• Dealing with Math Symbols in your documents

• Missing spaces between words

• Answering questions from listeners

• Nothing about us without us: The best part of CSUN.

• Creating an Accessibility Brand Guide for your organization

• The Department of Health and Human Services HHS Accessibility Standard

• The technical low-down on Table Summaries

• Answering Accessibility questions live on the podcast

• The effect of textboxes to your Word Doc for Accessibility

• The Accessibility benefits of axesWord

• Artifacts in your tags tree