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Bob Regan from Macromedia USA will be in Canberra next week to discuss
accessibility of web sites. I have arranged for him to give an informal
seminar at ANU on Tuesday (all welcome):

Date: Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2002
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:00pm 
Venue: Room N101, CSIT Building [108] 
Speaker: Bob Regan, Product Manager for Accessibility, Macromedia USA
Description: Creating an Accessible Web
Abstract: 

As of June 2001, U.S. government departments and agencies are required
to use technology that accommodates the needs of disabled workers. Web
sites created by federal agencies must be accessible to the disabled. In
September 2001, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), issued draft
guidelines for designing browsers, multimedia players and other
Web-based user interfaces. However, one of the biggest hurdles in
conforming to these standards lies in designers understanding them.
Macromedia's has been working on tools and guidelines that help Web site
developers implement accessibility, including work for Australian
requirements.

ps: Macromedia have engaged me to rework their accessibility guidelines
for Australian use.  See: "Macromedia Accessibility Solutions for
Australia": http://www.tomw.net.au/as/


Tom Worthington FACS tom.worthington@tomw.net.au
Director, Tomw Communications Pty Ltd ABN: 17 088 714 309
http://www.tomw.net.au PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617
Visiting Fellow, Computer Science, Australian National University
Publications Director & Past President, Australian Computer Society
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Smart apartment prize awarded: http://www.tomw.net.au/2001/sa