Re: Presentation on Accessible SVG at Libre Graphics 2015 in Toronto (29 April – 2 May)

Thanks Tav,

I submitted the proposal as a 20-min talk, with a comment that I might be
able to put together a larger workshop if there was interest.  Luckily, I
realized that Feb 1 was Sunday, not Monday, *before* the deadline passed!

I like the idea of doing some more hands-on work with the Inkscape team.
Definitely get in touch with me if you want to bounce around some
possibilities ahead of time.  As I alluded to in my original email, I'd be
extending the trip to visit friends and family, so could probably arrange
to work around whatever schedule the Inkscape community agrees on.

Best, Amelia

On 2 February 2015 at 06:09, Tavmjong Bah <tav.w3c@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2015-01-30 at 10:48 -0700, Amelia Bellamy-Royds wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> >
> > I am planning to submit a proposal for a short presentation on the
> > work of the SVG accessibility task force, and accessible web graphics
> > in general, for the Libre Graphics conference this spring in
> > Toronto (29 April – 2 May).
> >
> >
> > Will anyone else be there and/or interested in collaborating?  I know
> > Doug has done talks on SVG accessibility in the past, and I know Tav
> > frequently does a general update on SVG working group activities at
> > the Libre Graphics conferences.
>
> I plan on being there. I haven't submitted a talk yet (I missed the
> deadline too). I could collaborate but I am not sure how helpful I can
> be.
>
> > Unfortunately, there's not much time to decide: Submission deadline is
> > Monday (February 1).  Sorry for the (very) late notice, I wasn't
> > paying enough attention to timelines.  The conference promises to
> > confirm the accepted presentation list by 20 February, so if you'd
> > only be coming if the presentation/workshop is selected you would
> > still have a couple months to arrange travel plans.
> >
> >
> > Doug & Tav might know more about the conference than myself, since I
> > haven't been before.  It is an annual meet-up of contributors to open
> > source graphics software.  It would therefore be a chance to connect
> > with people building graphics-creating tools about how they can
> > integrate better accessibility support.
> >
> >
> > This year's conference also happens to be conveniently co-located in
> > the same city as friends and family whom I'd like an excuse to visit,
> > but that may be less of a selling point for the rest of you.
> >
> >
> > Tentative summary of my presentation (for a 20min talk, an
> > overview/introduction to the main issues rather than an in-depth
> > exploration):
> >
> >
> >         Accessible Web Graphics
> >       * Quick overview of accessibility in general, using the WCAG
> >         categories of perceivable, operable, understandable, and
> >         robust
> >       * What does this mean for graphics?  It depends on their
> >         purpose: what information is being communicated, in what ways
> >         should they be interactive
> >       * Accessibility in SVG 1.0 and 1.1: structured content, readable
> >         text, links, titles and descriptions
> >       * How web accessibility has advanced since then, particularly
> >         how ARIA supports advanced interaction and more complex
> >         document structures
> >       * Goals and ongoing projects of the SVG Accessibility Task
> >         Force; how ARIA will be integrated into SVG 2
> >       * How these techniques could be extended to apply to non-SVG
> >         graphics, such as HTML canvas graphics (using focus-able
> >         fallback content) or other XML-based vector graphics (such as
> >         those used in open document drawing formats)
>
> Looks like a good outline. I am guessing the knowledge level of
> accessibility issues will be very low on average at the conference so
> the talk should be aimed at a very basic level.
>
>
> > If other people want to get involved and make it a bigger thing, we
> > could pitch a complementary 1hr workshop.  That could include
> > brainstorming ideas with participants about how they can adapt the
> > specific tools they work on, or demonstrating various ATs with
> > accessible and non-accessible web graphics.
>
> We'll be having a three day Inkscape hacking session before the
> conference. It might be useful to talk with the Inkscape community about
> what Inkscape can do to make creating accessible SVG's easier.
>
> > Feel free to contact me, on or off list, if you have any ideas or
> > questions,
> >
>
> Tav
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