Chax Chat Accessibility Podcast

Multiple Languages for Screen Readers


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Join us this week as we talk with Amanda Mace, one of two Australia-based W3C evangelists and Office Manager for the W3C's Australian Western Region and Vice President of Australasia for AbleDocs. In this episode we cover how to deal with multiple languages with a screen reader like NVDA and JAWS.

Other topics include:

• The nuances of English-US, English-AU, English-CA and English-UK

• Install NVDA and JAWS language packs

• The initial shock of always-on screen readers

• How to silence your screen reader

• Upcoming Webinar on Document Accessibility Testing with a Screen Reader

• How to test with a Screen Reader if you are Deaf

• Focus indicator good for PDF not for web testing

• Callas PDFgoHTML as an evaluation tool

• No PDF/UA equivalent for How-to HTML pages

• Unlimited potential solutions for HTML accessibility

• Pass or Fail for WCAG

• Accessible Alternatives for PDF Tables

• University of Nebraska's Responsive Table Generator rTool - https://ianrmedia.unl.edu/responsive-table-generator-tool

• Finding the value in deciding PDF or HTML

• The evolution of accessibility in PDF

• The hazards of entrenching behind PDF versus HTML

• The workflow hurdles of creating HTML pages

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Chax Chat Accessibility PodcastBy Dax Castro & Chad Chelius

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