Technical Communication and Inclusion Karen Mardahl #a11yldn – 21 Sept. 2010 #tcuk10 – 23 Sept. 2010

Preaching Accessibility Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:039.Moses_Comes_Down_from_Mount_Sinai.jpg

Preaching Accessibility Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:039.Moses_Comes_Down_from_Mount_Sinai.jpg P erceivable O perable U nderstandable R obust

Exclusion Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10 http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxypar4/2168375264/

So where do we start? Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10 http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasfrederick/206227407/

The Transcript Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10 http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasfrederick/206227407/

Transcribing Layout 1 Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Transcribing Layout 2 Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

The Captions Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10 http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasfrederick/206227407/

Uploading the Video Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Technical details of the video Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Processing the video Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Or do we add a transcript? Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Your caption file is processed Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

And the caption file is added! Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Turn on the captions! Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Grabbing the caption file for editing Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

The amazing file of time codes Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Uploading the edited caption file Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

The bonus… Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

The interactive transcript Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

The PDF Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10 http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasfrederick/206227407/

Eating Your Own Dog Food Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10 Report from a meeting about accessibility was… inaccessible! Ewww

PDF Accessibility Check Walk-Through Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10 With the accessibility checker in Adobe Acrobat Pro 9. Gotcha: Business who scan all incoming docs – these become inaccessible images. Hmm. Action: Find solution. OCR??

Warning: You must turn on your brain, keep it turned on throughout the following process, and, most important of all, use it. Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Warning: You must turn on your brain, keep it turned on throughout the following process, and, most important of all, use it. Why? Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

The greatest accessibility checker of all is… Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

The greatest accessibility checker of all is… your brain. Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Checking your PDF Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Preparing Options for Full Check Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Ouch Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

The Accessibility Report – 1 Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

The Accessibility Report – 2 Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Navigating to Errors Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Fixing the PDF Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

TouchUp Reading Order Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Heading in an Image – Oops! Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Editing the Alt Text – 1 Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Editing the Alt Text – 2 Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Using the Order Panel – 1 Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Using the Content Panel – 1 Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Using the Content Panel – 2 Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Using the Tags Panel – 1 Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Using the Tags Panel – 2 Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Using the Tags Panel – 3 Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Editing Requires Care Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Revealing Sins Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Table in the Content Panel Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Table in the Tags Panel Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

A Side Note Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

You’re not alone… Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10 http://www.flickr.com/photos/38504374@N02/3606527857/

There are plenty of communities for learning available for you today. That includes opportunities for awareness raising – like Pesky People – www.peskypeople.co.uk. Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10

Thank you! This conversation is unfinished. Let’s work on it through Twitter (@stcaccess) and www.stc-access.org. Me? @kmdk, karen@mardahl.dk, and http://flavors.me/kmdk Karen Mardahl - #a11yldn - #tcuk10