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How to Read a VPAT

Check out our webinar, How to Read a VPAT. What is a VPAT A VPAT is an overview of the accessibility compliance of a product. It is often owned and assessed by the product’s vendor – though that’s not necessarily a good idea. It is required by the Section 508 Refresh and almost all Federal

Social media and alternative text features

Social awareness I have a friend who manufactures braille plates. These plates usually contain room numbers and basic information about offices and the other places in which they are located. Once, I asked my friend, “Mark, why are your plates so huge and so visible? Blind people do not need this.” He answered: “Visible plates

Tweets @accessibilityoz

WAI at W3C on Twitter: "New #W3C resource: "Making Audio and Video Media Accessible" https://t.co/3a7ZXzEiFC covers… https://t.co/eMYgdA7Uzx - 6 hours ago

RT @RavenAlly: Attention-grabbing ASCII art and math symbols in place of words may look pretty (debatable) but they sound terrible to anyon… - 12 hours ago

RT @click2carney: Please, please, PLEASE, stop designing sticky headers & footers #WebDev. Your trick leaves us, who need to increase text… - 12 hours ago

RT @DeanDeca: @accessibilityoz @gian Look forward to this - 12 hours ago

About to present to the Sydney Web Accessibility and Inclusive Design Meetup on mobile Accessibility #a11y… https://t.co/Nm7x7Dze1T - 15 hours ago

RT @jocdart: @alanrick @skeohan @tpowlas @SAPdevs @qmacro @s_schluchter That's so lovely @skeohan ! And I had to make it to hear @alanrick… - 15 hours ago

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About us

AccessibilityOz is an accessibility consultancy based in Australia and the United States. Gian Wild, the founder and Director, has worked on the accessibility of various web sites since 1998 and spent six years with the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group contributing to WCAG2. AccessibilityOz offers a range of accessibility services and products to organisations and Government departments around the world. We have completed hundreds of audits and run training sessions and seminars over the last ten years for clients including United Nations, National Science Foundation, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Bureau of Meteorology and McDonald’s.