Google I/O 2011: Creating Accessible Interactive Web Apps using HTML5

Dominic Mazzoni, Rachel Shearer Providing a basic HTML site used to be the best way to make sure your content was accessible to all users. But times have changed, and now you can use HTML5 techniques to provide an experience that’s just as rich and interactive for people who use assistive technology. The emphasis of this talk will be on techniques that work today in the latest browser versions. Techniques covered will include proper use of ARIA along with focus management and keyboard navigation.

Captioning test with Bruce Lawson’s HTML5 != CSS3 rant

This is a reposting of Bruce Lawson’s “HTML5 != CSS3” video, but with captions. Bruce graciously gave me a copy of the video to use as for a demo of how to caption videos on YouTube. The demo is part of a presentation I am doing at a11tyldn and TCUK10. a11yldn.org.uk www.technicalcommunicationuk.com His original version is at www.youtube.com

HTML5 video accessibility and the WebVTT file format

For the audio described version, see www.youtube.com An introduction into the WebVTT (Web Video Text Tracks) file format and how it is used to provide captions, subtitles and text video descriptions for HTML5 video. WebVTT is a simple line-based file format, which is currently in development at the WHATWG and under consideration for native implementation in the major browsers using the HTML5 element. The slides from this talk are available as well: html5videoguide.net