TPGi and Adobe Present WCAG 2.0 Accessibility Webinars for Flash and PDF

March 19, 2009Development

  • TPGi & Adobe Press Release (Adobe PDF document, 72 kb)
  • TPGi & Adobe Press Release (Microsft Word document, 37 kb)

March 19, 2009 – Nashua, NH.

TPGi (TPG) and Adobe are pleased to announce a series of webinars on how to create PDF and Flash web-based content that is accessible for people with disabilities.

PDF and Flash are among the most popular web tools in use today and the sessions will demonstrate their capabilities for creating content that supports the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0). Developers from TPG, a world leader in providing accessible solutions for software, online companies, and federal agencies, will provide examples and techniques for creating accessible content while retaining the rich features of PDF and Flash.

These webinars are being presented in conjunction with the 3rd European eAccessibility Forum taking place in Paris, France, during the week of March 30.

The webinar schedule:

  • Tuesday, March 31 12:00 noon – “Flash and WCAG 2.0”
  • Wednesday, April 8 12:00 noon – “PDF Forms and WCAG 2.0”

All times are Eastern US Daylight Savings Time

No pre-registration is required.

Attendance details

The phone numbers to dial into the webinar are:

  • 877 220 5439 (US)
  • 1-800-642-196 (Australia)
  • 44-20-8606-1105 (London)

Meeting ID is 9224 (WCAG)
The meeting room is https://my.adobe.acrobat.com/wcag2 — participants can use VOIP in the connect room if they prefer.

Any questions, contact us at info@paciellogroup.com or call us on +1 603-882-4122.

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About Steve Faulkner

Steve was the Chief Accessibility Officer at TPGi before he left in October 2023. He joined TPGi in 2006 and was previously a Senior Web Accessibility Consultant at vision australia. Steve is a member of several groups, including the W3C Web Platforms Working Group and the W3C ARIA Working Group. He is an editor of several specifications at the W3C including ARIA in HTML and HTML Accessibility API Mappings 1.0. He also develops and maintains HTML5accessibility and the JAWS bug tracker/standards support.

Comments

Roberto Scano says:
March 21, 2009 at 4:04 am

Great initiative!

Deborah says:
March 23, 2009 at 12:40 pm

Mike,

Thanks for the great webinar today. Looking forward to the PDF Forms and WCAG 2.0 webinar next week, on April 1.

May I offer a suggestion? Send a reminder tweet the morning of the webinar – helps those of us who forget to add events to our calendars.