Accessibility Podcast Topic Links March 9: PDF Accessibility Testing – Class Registration March 30: Accessibility for Adobe InDesign- Class Registration CSUN Assistive Technology Conference – Website International Association of Accessibility Professionals Accessibility Podcast Transcript Dax CastroWelcome to another episode of…
Accessibility Testing with a Screen Reader for Tables
Chad and I discuss how to test tables with screen readers to ensure usability as well as accessibility compliance.Be sure to catch our discussion on false positives and our shortcut keys for silencing your screen reader during testing.
Accessibility Careers: What you need to know
his week Chad and I take a look at the roles companies are hiring for in the field of accessibility.
We talk about:
• The skills they are looking for
• Certifications you should have
• The responsibilities of the roles
• The salaries being offered
• The future of accessibility roles in the workplace
How to Automate Alt-text Descriptions for Quicker Accessibility
Chad and Dax talk about ways to speed up alt-text description input. Learn some new ways to embed alt-text into your images and figures to shorten the process of creating accessible documents.
Effective Accessibility Goal Setting for 2022
Listen to this week’s podcast to learn how to breakdown where you are now and how to get better in 2022. See Dax and Chads 10 Accessibility Areas of Growth and score yourself from 1 to 10 in each of these areas to know where you need to grow in 2022. Then develop a game plan to improve in those areas and re-evaluate yourself every 3 months to keep accountable.
Unique Struggles of Document Accessibility Amidst the COVID Pandemic
Listen to this week’s podcast to learn how to breakdown where you are now and how to get better in 2022. See Dax and Chads 10 Accessibility Areas of Growth and score yourself from 1 to 10 in each of these areas to know where you need to grow in 2022. Then develop a game plan to improve in those areas and re-evaluate yourself every 3 months to keep accountable.
Insights from Adobe on improved mobile accessibility
It was so amazing to be able to talk to Adobe Director of Engineering in Document Cloud about the development of Liquid Mode for accessibility inside Acrobat. Listen in as we talk about the evolution and development of this great PDF advancement that benefits everyone.
Surprising Accessibility Conference Feedback from CEO David Blatner
It was so amazing to be able to talk to Adobe Director of Engineering in Document Cloud about the development of Liquid Mode for accessibility inside Acrobat. Listen in as we talk about the evolution and development of this great PDF advancement that benefits everyone.
Deeper Dive into the Preflight Panel for Accessibility
Join Dax Castro and Chad Chelius as they reveal their favorite accessibility fixups in the Adobe Acrobat Preflight Panel and a few alternatives for multi-line hyperlinks. Stay tuned for our unique opinions on the Preflight Fixup for “Creating Content for Link Annotations” and why they are important. And of course make sure you do not miss this episode’s “Who’s on Twitter” from Kenya.
Heading Pitfalls, MS Office Bug and Free Accessibility Script
Check out this episode where we reveal a newly discovered bug in the latest release of MS Office plugin for Adobe Acrobat Export PDF. Chad and I also talk about the typical pitfalls of pasting content from one document to another and how phantom heading tags can be misapplied. Hear our best practices for walking the tags tree and why you can forget dealing with those pesky span tags. Be sure to tune in so you can get the FREE InDesign Accessibility Tool Chad just developed! Do things like check for document title, assign alt-text and automatically map heading structures from your styles panel. You definitely want to hear him tell you all about it in this episode!