WCAG 2.0 or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines cover a wide range of recommendations to make your web content accessible.
The guidelines will ensure content is made accessible for people with disabilities, including blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, learning disabilities, cognitive limitations, limited movement, speech disabilities, photosensitivity and combinations of these.
Following these guidelines will also make your web content more accessible to users in general, for example, people for whom English is a second language (ESL), or in instances where a computer doesn't have a sound card.
5 must-know facts about WCAG 2.0
1. WCAG stands for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
2. WCAG 2.0 supersedes WCAG 1.0, which was established in 1999
3. WCAG 2.0 was established in 2008
4. There are three levels of WCAG 2.0 Compliance - Single, Double and Triple Level A
5. All Australian Government Departments, as well as all States and Territories have made Single Level A compliance mandatory
| State or Territory | WCAG 1.0, Priority 1 | WCAG 1.0, Priority 2 | WCAG 2.0, A | WCAG 2.0, AA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | Not applicable | Not applicable | Mandatory (31/12/2012) | Mandatory (31/12/2014) |
| Queensland | Not applicable | Not applicable | Mandatory (Dec 2010) | Mandatory, excludes Guideline 1.2 (Dec 2010) |
| South Australia | Mandatory | Recommended | No information | No information |
| Western Australia | Not applicable | Not applicable | Mandatory (31/12/2013) | Recommended (31/12/2013) |
| Australian Capital Territory | Not applicable | Not applicable | Mandatory (31/12/2012) | Mandatory (31/12/2014) |
| Tasmania | Not applicable | Not applicable | Mandatory | Recommended |
| New South Wales | Not applicable | Not applicable | Mandatory (31/12/2012) | Mandatory (31/12/2014) |
| Northern Territory | Not applicable | Not applicable | Mandatory (31/12/2012) | Mandatory (31/12/2014) |
Original Source: Media Access Australia
Making your content accessible for more people means that your content reaches - and positively impacts - more people!
For more information on how to make your web content accessible, contact Ai-Media now, via email: info@www-new.ai-media.tv or phone (02) 8870 7700
