The EU Accessibility Directive - What You Need To Know
- 1. THE EU ACCESSIBILITY DIRECTIVE – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Daniel Koskinen 1 28.9.2018
- 2. 2 The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web 2
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- 6. 6 “The providers of information and services, such as public sector bodies, rely increasingly on the internet in order to produce, collect and provide a wide range of information and services online which are essential to the public.” https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_. 2016.327.01.0001.01.ENG
- 8. When? 8 11
- 9. New public sector websites must be accessible by September 23, 2019 9
- 10. Old sites published before September 23, 2018 must be accessible by September 23, 2020 10
- 11. Mobile applications must be accessible by 23 June, 2021 11
- 12. Who? 12 11
- 13. In Finland 13 ● Government institutions (ministries etc) ● Municipal institutions (schools etc) ● Some parliamentary institutions and the Office of the President ● Associations that perform a public service
- 14. In Finland (continued…) 14 ● Independent public sector organisations such as Kela ● Universities and universities of applied sciences ● The Finnish Orthodox Church ● Corporations providing a service
- 15. In Finland : also (probably) 15 ● All organisations governed by public law ● Services providing strong digital identification, such as online banks ● Third sector organisations receiving public money for their website ● Water, energy, traffic and postal services meant for the general public
- 16. In Finland : By 1 January 2021 16 ● Credit providers ● Banks ● Companies providing investment services ● Insurance companies
- 17. Exceptions 17 15
- 18. Exceptions 18 ● Small and experimental digital services built in an educational context. ● Live streamed events (but the video should be made accessible in a reasonable time if published after 23 September 2020) ● Maps, if the essential information is available elsewhere in an accessible form
- 19. Exceptions (continued…) 19 ● National broadcasters such as YLE in Finland. ● National heritage collections ● Office file formats (MS Office, PDF etc) published before 23 September 2018, unless they are essential for daily administrative processes. ● Third party content that are not essential to the website and are not funded by a public entity.
- 21. Required: Accessibility statement & feedback mechanism 21
- 22. Monitoring 22
- 23. FIN€S 23
- 24. In Finland: 24 ● Etelä-Suomen Aluehallintovirasto ● Valtion lupa- ja valvontavirasto (Luova) starting in 2020
- 26. EN 301 549 v 1.1.2 chapters 9-11 26 http://mandate376.standards.eu/standard
- 27. Accessibility requirements suitable for public procurement of ICT products and services in Europe 27 http://mandate376.standards.eu/standard
- 28. ≈WCAG 2.0 level AA 28 https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
- 29. 29 Perceivable Operable Understandable Robust Four principles of WCAG
- 31. Guidelines 31 Make it easier for users to see and hear content including separating foreground from background. Guideline 1.4 Distinguishable
- 32. Success Criteria 32 (Level AA) The visual presentation of text and images of text has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, except for the following: ●Large Text: Large-scale text and images of large-scale text have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1; ●Incidental: Text or images of text that are part of an inactive user interface component, that are pure decoration, that are not visible to anyone, or that are part of a picture that contains significant other visual content, have no Success Criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)
- 33. How to build accessible sites? 33
- 34. The WordPress Accessibility Handbook https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/handbook/ 34
- 39. 39 Suomeksi ● Saavutettavasti.fi Ohjeita verkkosisältöjen ja viestinnän saavutettavuudesta ● Papunet: http://papunet.net/saavutettavuus/ ● Tarkistuslista verkkosivujen tekijöille (Näkövammaisten liitto ry): https://www.nkl.fi/fi/etusivu/saavutettavuus-esteettomyys/ saavutettavuus-verkossa-ja-mobiililaitteissa/tarkistuslista- verkkosivujen-tekijoille
- 40. WordPress 40 22
- 41. Colour contrast checks in Gutenberg 41
- 42. Alt text field next to editor 42
- 43. More (potentially) useful tools 43 ● Contact Form 7: Accessible Defaults https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-accessible- defaults/ ● WCAG 2.0 form fields for Gravity Forms https://wordpress.org/plugins/gravity-forms-wcag-20-form- fields/ ● WP Accessibility https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-accessibility/
- 44. How to Make Accessibility Hard and Expensive 44
- 45. Involve and educate the whole team! 45
- 46. 46 Embrace it 50
- 47. Up-to-date information on Finnish legislation: https://vm.fi/saavutettavuusdirektiivi 47