Digital Access Blog

How Microsoft Word can help you create accessible web content

Accessibility

Did you know an estimated 80% of web content starts out as a Word document? When you combine this with the need to make sure web content is accessible, it becomes obvious the first step in making web content accessible is actually in Word itself.

Five simple tips for designing accessible web forms

Web forms today are easy to create, and easy to get wrong. Check out these tips for making sure they're accessible.

Push and pull: Why South Australia leads the way in online accessibility

Digital Accessibility

An estimated one in five Australians live with disability. With more and more essential services being accessed online, the importance of digital accessibility grows each day. Read how we aim to help create an environment where inclusion and accessibility are a key focus and achievable.

Five everyday items originally designed to help people with disability

Inclusive design is a term that gets thrown around these days, but it has one simple and guiding principle; ensuring that products and services are able to be experienced by more people. You might not know it, but many everyday items owe their existence to inclusive design.

Integrating Accessibility in Digital Service Design

I was having drinks with a colleague the other night and she said something that changed the way in which I see service design in the field of digital accessibility. "We make sure that people can get from A to B, and that's important." Yes it is. So, why is it that we only introduce people with disabilities into service design during the late usability stage of research?

The Way of the Accessible Fist

Accessibility

Accessibility should not be an afterthought. It should not be thrown into the testing stage of the final project spring "if we have time"; it should be part of the development process and it should be considered early to reduce risk. Solid, accessible foundations result in solid, accessible experiences. How do you build accessibility into your projects? For the answer, let us borrow from the teachings of one of the greatest minds regarding training and discipline in the world, John Kreese of the Cobra Kai.

Screen readers of the future

The Digital Access team at Vision Australia provide technical and user-based assessments of websites. When we test websites, we usually find a high number of issues that relate to screen reader use. A screen reader is a piece of software that reads the text on the screen using a synthetic voice and also indicates the nature of the content, for example if it's a heading, image, list or any other format.

5 Ways to Improve Document Accessibility

Accessibility Training

Do you know how to make Word and PDF documents accessible to people with disabilities or impairments? If you're not sure, here are five ways you can improve document accessibility.

DAT official release and eLearning available now

Accessibility

Make document accessibility an everyday practice with the Document Accessibility Toolbar (DAT) and eLearning course.