Hi there.
I am John Bond from Riverwinds Consulting and this is Publishing Defined.
Today I am going to talk about the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines or WCAG.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines is one of a series of web accessibility guidelines
published by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium (or W3C),
the international standards organization for the web.
A reminder, accessibility is an approach to publishing and design that makes content available
in alternative formats.
The aim of accessible publishing is to make reading easier for those users who have difficulties
or disabilities including the blind or visually impaired and people with learning disabilities.
WCAG is a set of guidelines that specify how to make content accessible, for people with
disabilities—which also benefits others such as mobile users.
The first web accessibility guideline was compiled 1995 shortly after the web, as we
know it now, was taking shape.
WCAG 1.0 was published in the late 90s.
WCAG 2.0 was published as a W3C Recommendation in December 2008.
Any content provider, or website for that matter, should provide accessibility to disabled
users.
Not only are there ethical and commercial reasons, but in many cases, there are legal
or compliance guidelines that require it.
WCAG, like accessibility in general and epub3 and HTML5 specifically, are standards all
publishers and content creators should be embracing.
It expands an organization's readership and market and it's the right thing to do.
I have authored a full report called, "Accessibility for Publishers: Practical Tips that Demonstrate
it is well within reach."
Click on the first link in the notes below to get the free report.
Well that's it.
I am a publishing consultant and work with associations, publishers, and individuals
on a host of content related challenges.
Reach out to me at RiverwindsConsulting.com with your questions.
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