This document provides guidance on improving website accessibility. It discusses making websites accessible to people with disabilities, including those who are color blind, have low vision, difficulty using their hands, are deaf, have low English proficiency, are unfamiliar with technology, or have slow internet speeds. It provides six steps for an accessible website: 1) make text accessible, 2) provide alternatives to images, 3) use high contrast text, 4) accommodate screen readers, 5) support non-mouse users, and 6) code according to standards. Compliance with W3C and Section 508 standards can help ensure websites are accessible to all.
User experience is complex and multifaceted. One of those facets is making services usable to people in different situations. The needs of people with disabilities, both apparent and not, must be considered on our mobile and web platforms if we are to provide good service and abide by federal and state regulations. Cervone looks at some of the common accessibility issues people may have with mobile sites and websites and how to address those issues while still creating a visually stimulating and interactive environment for all.
We all get the WHO or we wouldn’t be here, same with the WHY. This presentation looks at WHAT, WHERE and HOW.
Accessibility is often a lot closer than you realise. Organisations rely on and invest heavily in technology, one of the options being considered in the mix may open up a whole new pool of resourcing options.
This presentation explores how an organisation can quickly and easily include accessibility in their organisational planning. Government departments started with accessible websites, now this is flowing onto NGOs while government departments focus on the next levels of digital accessibility.
When you know the right questions to ask, it isn’t that hard and there are some quick wins organisations can and should be implementing right now. Areas covered in this presentation include:
Technology – it is probably already on the hardware you are using!
Accessible documents – what are they and how can you produce them?
Outsourcing digital – what do you put in your brief?
Websites – internet and intranet – we all know content is king – who owns accessibility
Alternative media – video, social, webinars
Organisational accessibility – it’s not a box to tick, it’s a way of doing business - how do you embed this into an organisation?
By making your site accessible, you'll get a better understanding of HTML semantics, an increased audience reach, Google will reward you... and you will become good looking, admired by your peers, and be the most interesting person in the room.
User experience is complex and multifaceted. One of those facets is making services usable to people in different situations. The needs of people with disabilities, both apparent and not, must be considered on our mobile and web platforms if we are to provide good service and abide by federal and state regulations. Cervone looks at some of the common accessibility issues people may have with mobile sites and websites and how to address those issues while still creating a visually stimulating and interactive environment for all.
We all get the WHO or we wouldn’t be here, same with the WHY. This presentation looks at WHAT, WHERE and HOW.
Accessibility is often a lot closer than you realise. Organisations rely on and invest heavily in technology, one of the options being considered in the mix may open up a whole new pool of resourcing options.
This presentation explores how an organisation can quickly and easily include accessibility in their organisational planning. Government departments started with accessible websites, now this is flowing onto NGOs while government departments focus on the next levels of digital accessibility.
When you know the right questions to ask, it isn’t that hard and there are some quick wins organisations can and should be implementing right now. Areas covered in this presentation include:
Technology – it is probably already on the hardware you are using!
Accessible documents – what are they and how can you produce them?
Outsourcing digital – what do you put in your brief?
Websites – internet and intranet – we all know content is king – who owns accessibility
Alternative media – video, social, webinars
Organisational accessibility – it’s not a box to tick, it’s a way of doing business - how do you embed this into an organisation?
By making your site accessible, you'll get a better understanding of HTML semantics, an increased audience reach, Google will reward you... and you will become good looking, admired by your peers, and be the most interesting person in the room.
Accessibility testing with an overview of the various disabilities and how to approach each along with a round up on most popular tools used for Accessibility evaluation
Designing, Developing & Testing for AccessibilityEric Malcolm
In this talk we will go over the basics of designing, developing and testing for accessibility. Including: Color Contrast, Sizing & Spacing, Device Independent User Input, Page Structure, Headings, Testing Tools, Extensions, Testing with a Screen Reader.
1 out of 5 people have some kind of disability, and although not all disabilities make it difficult to use and access the web, many do. We should keep this in mind when designing and developing websites.
Video Accessibility Toolkit for Success in a Virtual Environment3Play Media
Discover why video accessibility can transform the way you communicate in a virtual environment. In this session, you will learn how to use video accessibility to create an inclusive environment, while also improving your SEO, brand experience, and engagement.
Web accessibility refers to the inclusive design and development of websites and web content to ensure that people with disabilities can access and interact with them effectively. It involves considering and implementing features and practices that enable individuals with various disabilities to navigate, perceive, understand, and interact with web content, ensuring equal access and usability for all users!
Accessibility testing with an overview of the various disabilities and how to approach each along with a round up on most popular tools used for Accessibility evaluation
Designing, Developing & Testing for AccessibilityEric Malcolm
In this talk we will go over the basics of designing, developing and testing for accessibility. Including: Color Contrast, Sizing & Spacing, Device Independent User Input, Page Structure, Headings, Testing Tools, Extensions, Testing with a Screen Reader.
1 out of 5 people have some kind of disability, and although not all disabilities make it difficult to use and access the web, many do. We should keep this in mind when designing and developing websites.
Video Accessibility Toolkit for Success in a Virtual Environment3Play Media
Discover why video accessibility can transform the way you communicate in a virtual environment. In this session, you will learn how to use video accessibility to create an inclusive environment, while also improving your SEO, brand experience, and engagement.
Web accessibility refers to the inclusive design and development of websites and web content to ensure that people with disabilities can access and interact with them effectively. It involves considering and implementing features and practices that enable individuals with various disabilities to navigate, perceive, understand, and interact with web content, ensuring equal access and usability for all users!
A presentation delivered at the Society for Technical Communication (STC) India chapter annual conference in 2004 at Chennai. It talks about the importance of accessibility in software and web-applications with a focus on technical writing or user documentation. It also takes into perspective the US laws such as Section 508.
This session will highlight the capabilities within AEM 6.2 that allow you to create accessible web content and how to meet the important requirements of WCAG 2.0.
This session will highlight the capabilities within AEM 6.2 that allow you to create accessible web content and how to meet the important requirements of WCAG 2.0.
Web Accessibility Audit_ Ensuring Inclusivity Online.pptxEmmaJones273085
Ensure inclusivity online with our Web Accessibility Audit. We assess your website for accessibility compliance, identifying and addressing barriers that may exclude users with disabilities. Empower everyone to access and engage with your digital content seamlessly. For more details, visit the website: https://www.acadecraft.com/accessibility/audit-services/
Miles of Accessibility - An 'Accessibility 101' Intopia
An introduction to accessibility session was delivered by Intopia's Accessibility Engagement Manager Chris Pycroft as a part of 'Miles of Love' in Hong Kong in November 2018.
Since the early 2010s, LSC and other funders have encouraged legal aid programs to create multilingual materials and make their online tools available in languages represented in their states. A two-part miniseries will review best practices and tools that are available to expedite the creation of online materials for Limited English Proficient (LEP) communities, and focus on activities and strategies to make sure those materials are well used and known among LEP communities in those regions. The first session will focus on reviewing the elements of creating strong LEP materials within budget. It will cover sharing tech tools that can be used to expedite LEP content creation, choosing materials that are relevant to that particular language community, LEP outreach, and more. The second series review LSC TIG-funded projects funded from 2010-2014 -- when LSC made language access a priority for TIG grants -- and share the success and lessons learned from language access projects.
This is the first part of the series.
You can register for the event below:
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7563980681492662273
In this webinar we examine the true cost of free looking beyond upfront costs and into implementation and support costs. From there we look at some of the existing free tools and how they stack up to some of the more expensive alternatives.
In this webinar we rapidly go through 50 different tech tips covering everything from tools for developers to ways to optimize your Amazon purchases.
You can watch the webinar that these slides were used in here.
https://youtu.be/fKpPP4vK-x8
In this video we talk about what US is and how to gather information to make a good one with the help of two case studies.
You can find the video that goes with this here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK9LHXa8x7A
For the past few years British Columbia has been working on the Civil Resolution Tribunal, an online tribunal dedicated to help resolve small claims(<$5000) and condominium disputes. Now two people that have worked in depth on the project, Darin Thompson and james Anderson, share more information about their project.
Changing trends in the nature of pro bono work, user expectations, and adoption of mobile devices are driving the need to rethink what types of recruitment tools and substantive resources are most effective for volunteers. At the same time, technology is allowing legal aid programs to provide more comprehensive support to volunteer attorneys in “on the go” settings such as clinics, outreach settings, and in court. In 2017, several new LSC-funded initiatives will launch in response to these trends and opportunities.
These slides give a quick overview of the different products that make up Office 365. These slides go with this presentation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKXAehmlAPo
You can see the presentation that went with these slides here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgUahPdqF8Y
Referenced in the presentation is the Principles and Best Practices For Access Friendly Court Electronic Filing, that can be found here. https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=45503
In this webinar we discuss some of the things that need to be taken into consideration when making your website accessible in languages other than English. We spend a good amount of time going over the challenges and benefits of increasing accessibility and discuss the role machine translation.
Micheal Green - JustTech
Mary O'Shaughnessy - Her Justice
Sart Rowe - LSNTAP
In this webinar we look at what phishing is, how it impacts legal aid organizations, and how to take steps to reduce the likelihood and impact of getting hit with an attack.
These slides go with the webinar linked below, in it we go over the topics covered in the slides and answer a few questions from people attending the live session.
http://lsntap.org/blogs/creating-technology-disaster-plan
this slides go with the webinar linked below. In it we discuss some of the things you need to consider and methods to use when looking into upgrading your systems.
https://youtu.be/TK8F-oLXZTw
These are the slides that go with the tech baseline presentation linked below, and the document we are referencing is just below that.
https://youtu.be/kB3YkM0z5CY
http://www.lsc.gov/sites/default/files/TIG/pdfs/LSC-Technology-Baselines-2015.PDF
This training will cover the Legal Services Corporation Baselines: Technologies That Should Be in Place in a Legal Aid Office Today (Revised 2015). Topics will include:
FTE Technology Staff
Budgets
Case Management System
Security
Training
Communications
Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD)
The baseline document can be found here.
http://lsntap.org/sites/all/files/LSCTechBaselines-2015.pdf
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Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
4. Who Are You Excluding By Not
Making Your Website Accessible?
5. Why Worry About Accessibility?
If we want to provide equal access to justice
Shouldn’t we ensure that we can provide information to everyone?
6. It Should Be Accessible to Those Who…
• Are color blind
• Can’t see well
7. It Should Be Accessible to Those Who…
• Have difficulty
using their hands
• Are deaf
8. It Should Be Accessible to Those Who…
• Don’t speak English well
• Are not familiar with US
or technology norms
• Don’t have a fast
internet speed
• Are not very familiar
with technology
9. These People See the Web Differently
They may need to rely on
screen readers, or keyboard
shortcuts, or view a page very
close up or without any sound.
11. Six Steps to an Accessible Website
1. Make Your Text Itself Accessible
2. Provide Alternative to Images
3. Make Text High Contrast and Legible
4. Accommodate Screen Readers
5. Design for Those Who Aren’t Using a Mouse
6. Code Pages According to Standards
13. 1. Create Scanable Chucks
Splitting up text into scanable chunks is good for those who may
have difficulty seeing, as well as those who aren’t very literate,
aren’t technologically literate, or don’t speak English well.
14. Summarize
Summarizing information at the beginning of sections and
paragraphs helps everyone – especially those on a screen reader.
http://www.ptla.org
15. Consider Reading Level
Refrain from using high level
legal language on general
pages. Consider adding a
glossary, or frequently
asked questions page.
18. Don’t Make People Rely on Images Alone
If images convey important information, provide an
alternative for people who may have difficulty seeing.
19. Or Video Alone
Informative images and
videos can be helpful for
those who may be unable to
read, but balance that with
accessibility to those who
can’t see and/or hear well.
Captions can bridge the gap.
20. Alt Text
Alt text is useful for those using screen readers, as well as those with
visual impairments who may have trouble seeing details in images.
21. Don’t Rely on Screenshots
For instance, an annotated filing form
22. Don’t Rely on Icons
Visually impaired people
may be unable to see
them, and non U.S.
natives may be unable to
understand them.
34. Avoid Headers in All Caps
Screen readers will emphasize things that are in caps, and
sometimes mistake them for acronyms that should be spelled out.
36. Many People Don’t Use a Mouse
Including those using
screen readers, those
with mobility issues,
and just those who
prefer the keyboard.
37. List of Links
A list of links can be a useful
navigational shortcut for those
on a keyboard or screenreader.
Provide alternative links to
image maps.
41. Don’t Break Browser Defaults
Browsers will, in general, automatically support tools like screen
readers, and navigation by keyboard.
42. Use Standard HTML to Create Links
Be cautious of Javascript dropdowns that select without clicking.
43. Don’t Rely on Fancy Stuff to Provide Content
The content of your site
should be legible even if
you turn your style sheets,
scripts, applets, or all other
programmatic objects.
44. Use Tables and Lists Thoughtfully
Don’t force things into them for the sake of layout.
51. What Does 508 Compliance Mean?
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires that Federal
agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to
people with disabilities. Section 508 provides remedies to those
aggrieved by violations of this requirement, which, after
administrative remedies are exhausted, allow for both private
rights of action in court and for reasonable attorneys fees.
52. What Does W3C Compliance Mean?
These guidelines, developed by the World Wide Web
Consortium, explain how to make Web content accessible to
people with disabilities. The guidelines are intended for all Web
content developers (page authors and site designers) and for
developers of authoring tools.
53. The Standards (in Simple Terms)
The requirements for both W3C and 508 Compliance are similar.
Occasionally, one has more strict rules than the other, but their
primary difference lies in the fact that W3C Compliance is not
required by any institution, but is rather an optional set of best
practices for web accessibility.
We’ll cover 508 compliance primarily.
54. Visual Elements
• Provide a text alternative for
every non-text element of
your website.
• Videos and animation should
have accompanying captions
or auditory descriptions of the
visual track.
• All information that is
conveyed with color should
also be clear without color
55. Interactive Elements
• Label all form controls
properly, and make their
functionality is accessible for
those using assistive
technologies.
• Allow users to skip repetitive
navigation.
• If a timed response is
required, give the user
sufficient time to indicate
when more time is needed.
56. Technical Elements
• Use markup to associate data
cells with data headers.
• Facilitate frame navigation and
identification with text
• Provide alternative links to
image maps.
• Sites should not cause the
screen to flicker at a frequency
greater than 2 Hz and lower
than 55 Hz
57. Ensure Content Is Always Legible
• Your site must be legible when style scripts, applets, or other
programmatic objects are turned off or not supported.
• Downloads for applicable applets or plug-ins should be provided.
58. The Catch-All
A text-only page, with equivalent information or functionality,
shall be provided to make a web site comply with the provisions
of this part, when compliance cannot be accomplished in any
other way. The content of the text-only page shall be updated
whenever the primary page changes.
59. Balance Legal vs. Human Requirements
For example, should you spend time making complicated
navigation more accessible, or simply offer an alternative page,
or a skip navigation link?
60. What Changes Will You Make?
• Text
• Images
• Video
• Icons
• Forms
• Navigation