WCAG 2.0 & ATAG 1.0 – Do These Standards Go Far Enough?
Originally posted June 13, 2008
As noted in my last post, the WCAG 2.0 standard released April 30 is greatly needed. The introduction of the time dimension to Web 2.0 pages is not clearly addressed in these standards. Streaming video along with parallel synchronous static content and dynamic animations provides a challenge to software developers and visually impaired users alike.
I have created a summary of the WCAG 2.0 standard, (WCAG 2). The summary includes a review of the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guideline (ATAG) 1.0 standard as well. ILS is looking at these standards to make DigitalChalk more accessible. Hopefully, this overview helps your understanding of the new release of these standards.