eh11y in the great white north
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eh11y in the Great White North. Denis Boudreau @dboudreau Deque Systems, Inc. [email protected]. Patrick Dunphy @PatrickDunphy Canadian Broadcasting Corporation [email protected]. Billy Gregory @theBillyGregory The Paciello Group, Inc. bgregory @ paciellogroup.com. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
eh11y in the Great White North
Denis Boudreau@dboudreauDeque Systems, [email protected]
Patrick Dunphy@PatrickDunphyCanadian Broadcasting [email protected]
Billy Gregory@theBillyGregoryThe Paciello Group, [email protected]
Web Accessibility?I’m not amoosed…
Legislation(Past)
Provincial overviewsWCAG 1.0 / CLF 1.0, 2.0
2000
2007WCAG 1.0
What!?
How’s it goin’ eh?
Accessibility & Online Media In Canada
5 Year Review (2009 vs. 2014)
15 Canadian Media Properties
6 Sets of Criteria
Overview
Forms
Readable
Multimedia Tables
Structure
Clear Focus
Criteria
Details 1-3
1) Forms• Register / Login• Markup• Errors• Captchas
2) Readable• Font Size• Resize Widgets• White Space
3) Multimedia• Closed Captioning• Keyboard • Transcripts• Described Video
Details 4-6
4) Tables• Proper Use• Scope• Title / Summary•
5) Structure• Headings• Skip Links• Consistency
6) Focus• Where am I?• What’s happening?
Back in 2009
2009 Websites
2009 Results
1 / 15 4 / 15 0 / 15 1 / 15 1 / 15 0 / 15
7.8 % of all tests were satisfactory
It’s unBEARable
2014eh11y Legislation Survey 1.0
Legislation(Present)
Are there any specific web accessibility standards set for your country/province?
YES _x000d_(Currently
in app)
YES _x000d_(Currently
in dev)
Yes_x000d_(O
utdate
d)
NO_x000d_(W3C re
ference
only)0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Are these standards based on existing W3C accessibility guidelines?
YES_x000d_(WCAG 2.0)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
What conformance level, if any, is expected for these standards?
Level AA_x000d_(With exceptions)
Level A_x000d_(Full compliance)
None_x000d_(Still undefined)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Are there any implementation deadlines planned for compliance?
YES_x000d_(Set deadlin
es)
NO_x000d_(No deadlin
es)
Undefined_x000d_(In pro
gress)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Do these standards apply only to government websites?
0
2
4
6
8
Are the standards enforced as mandatory policies or just as recommendations?
0
2
4
6
8
Canadian Govt. Accessibility(Global Results Overview)
Rank Government Mandatory? Pages Issues Ratio
01 Canada (Federal) Yes 53 81 1.5
02 Nova Scotia No 35 70 2
03 Manitoba No 89 264 2.9
04 Newfoundland No 37 140 3.8
05 Ontario Yes 35 171 4.9
06 Quebec Yes 61 315 5.2
07 Alberta No 71 519 7.3
08 British Columbia No 133 1940 14.5
09 Saskatchewan Yes 61 1120 18.4
10 New Brunswick No 93 1708 18.4
11 Prince Edward Island No 70 1321 18.9
Canada (Federal)
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
Newfoundland/Labrador
Ontario
Quebec
Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
Note: Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut are not included for the purpose of this research.
Canadian Govt.Accessibility Heat Map
Present Day
Forms
Readable
Multimedia Tables
Structure
Clear Focus
Criteria Recap
2014 Websites
2014 Results*
6 / 15 8 / 15 2 / 14** 2 / 15 3 / 15 3 / 15
27% of all tests were satisfactory
* Test Subjects changed for wider picture; common owners replaced** closed captioning only
2009 vs. 2014
40% 53% 14% 13% 20% 20%
7% 27% 0% 7% 7% 0%2009
2014
ALL CRITERIA IMPROVED!
PROGRESS!
What does the Canadian
future holdfor Web Accessibility?
Population 65 years +, Canada Historical (1971-2011) and Projected (2012-2061)
Source: http://bit.ly/1kc8pcY
Legislation(Future)
2021 & BeyondPredictions
• Room for Improvement• Change is happening • Awareness still Needed• Legislation is Making Impact• Improving Development Culture
Online Media Future
Web Accessibility?Canadians give a dam!
The Great Maple Syrup Q&A
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