Web Accessibility - sponsored by HOP Associates
Chair: Mel Poluck, Senior Reporter, E-Access Bulletin
Panellists:
Bob Crichton, Managing Director, HOP Associates
Léonie Watson, Head of Accessibility, Nomensa
Hugh Huddy, Lead Officer for PDF Accessibility, Royal National Institute of the Blind

These days there's greater awareness of web accessibility issues but with the advent of new technology like Web 2.0 and the pending arrival of new international guidelines the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2, it's important to stay up-to-date. This session will look at these issues and also the accessibility of pdf files.

HOP Associates develops easy-to-use online software that can be built by people with minimal technical skills. Its flagship product is WebSpringer - a tool for building advanced websites with built-in accessibility options which recently won the prestigious national e-Wellbeing award for its implementation at over 100 community groups in Fife, Scotland. Accessibility is built-in from the outset and includes a range of colour and text options, automatic printing, text-only mode and high quality speech synthesis using ReadSpeaker.