Explore accessibility best practices for technical documentation in this Open Documentation Hour session from Canonical's Technical Authors team. Dive into various types of visual impairments, including anomalous trichromacy, dichromacy, and monochromacy, and understand their impact on document readability. Learn how to address accessibility as a technical author, covering topics such as color choices, fonts, contrast, link formatting, media integration, and language use. Gain insights into disability statistics across age groups and discover valuable resources for creating more inclusive documentation. The 51-minute video concludes with a Q&A session, providing practical knowledge for improving document accessibility.
Overview
Syllabus
Welcome
Intro
Updates
Accessibility and documentation
Which is the right-angled triangle?
Anomalous trichromacy
Dichromacy
Monochromacy
Mitigation
Is this a big deal? Yes
Is this a big deal? Absolutely
Disability in different age groups
How to address this as a technical author
Accessibility best practices: colours, fonts and contrast
Nation shudders at large clock of uninterrupted text
Accessibility best practices: links
Accessibility best practices: media
Accessibility best practices: language
Collection of resources
Thank you!
Questions and answers session
Taught by
Ubuntu OnAir
