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Accessibility consultation – Build

Gian Wild has a very specific methodology when providing accessibility consultation during the build of a site. More information is available on the Accessibility Services page.

Gian Wild has provided these services to many clients. On this page some example clients are described:

City of Melbourne

www.melbourne.vic.gov.au
Gian Wild reviewed the functional specifications, design and Web Style Guide for the City of Melbourne. In addition, she ran a three hour development training session and provided 15 hours accessibility consultation. Specifically, Gian embedded full screen mapping solutions, to ensure accessibility, as well as installing a number of additional accessibility features.

Currently Gian is running a Level AA accessibility audit of the City of Melbourne web site, and conducting an accessibility review of the external mapping application, the embedded mapping application, the media player, image gallery and post a comment. In addition, nine sub-sites are being tested against the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Version 1.0, Level AA.

DiVine

www.divine.vic.gov.au
Gian Wild was involved in the web development lifecycle on the DiVine web site which is aimed at people with disabilities, written by people with disabilities. The site’s designs, functional specifications and templates were reviewed for accessibility compliance. Furthermore, Gian trained the content authors in writing Level AAA content. The site is now compliant with the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Version 1.0, Level AAA.

Ergon Energy

Still in development
Gian Wild played and is continuing to play a strategic role in the web development lifecycle for Ergon Energy’s web site. In addition to auditing the designs and templates, Gian also ran developer and content author training, and seminars for the web staff. At its completion, the site will be compliant with the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Version 1.0, Level AA.

Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games

www.melbourne2006.com.au
Gian Wild was the Accessibility Specialist for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games web site for over two years. She was responsible for the site’s redevelopment in July 2004. In October and November 2004. Gian undertook a major project with the Commonwealth Games to develop a competition schedule and a series of ticketing tables to W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Version 1.0, Level A. The tables were tested for colour contrast, given header labels, and tested by a visually impaired person using a screen reader.

Additional work consisted of auditing the web site at crucial points up to and during the Commonwealth Games, including advice on accessibility complaints, running seminars for staff and providing consulting services for third party web suppliers.

Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD)

Gian Wild tested the DIIRD Corporate web site (www.diird.vic.gov.au) and Business Vic (www.business.vic.gov.au) web site, to W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Version 1.0, Level A, both during the design and template phase of the two sites. At the completion of the two web sites, Gian tested the sites using a variety of automated testing tools, accessibility guidelines, technical environments and adaptive technologies. She worked in close association with the web developers and the project manager to ensure that the fixes were completed in a timely and efficient manner.

Live in Victoria—Department for Victorian Communities (DVC)

www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au
Gian Wild worked as the Accessibility Specialist during the build of the Live in Victoria web site. She worked closely with the assigned design team to ensure that the concepts developed for the Live in Victoria web site complied with the accessibility guidelines. Gian then completed the project’s accessibility testing, including a design evaluation of the original concept of Live in Victoria and the accessibility training of the developers working on the CMS. Gian conducted training of content authors and developers on the maintenance of accessible content. Additionally, she provided documentation on how to maintain accessible images, links and text.

The site complies with W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 1.0, Level AA. Further accessibility features were included, namely, captioned video, text size changer and alternative language versions of the site.

Disability Services Queensland

www.disability.qld.gov.au
Gian Wild was the project manager, as well as the accessibility specialist, on the redevelopment of the Disability Services QLD web site. Gian ran four focus groups with various people with different disabilities on issues such as content, design and functionality of the proposed web site. Lunchtime seminars were run for staff on a range of web accessibility issues, such as PDFs, colour contrast and screen readers. This was followed by accessibility training for both the technical staff and the content authors. The site’s designs, functional specifications and templates were reviewed for accessibility compliance. At its completion, the Disability QLD web site complied with W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Version 1.0, Level AAA.

Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait and Islander Peoples (DATSIP, QLD)

www.datsip.qld.gov.au
Gian Wild was the project manager and the accessibility specialist on the redevelopment of the DATSIP QLD web site. Accessibility training was conducted for the technical staff and the content authors. In close collaboration with the external design team, the concepts for DATSIP QLD complied with the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Version 1.0, Level A. On completion of the web site, the site was tested using a variety of automated testing tools, accessibility guidelines, technical environments and adaptive technologies.

YouthCentral—Department for Victorian Communities

www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au
Gian Wild worked as the Accessibility Specialist during the build of the YouthCentral web site to ensure that the site complied with the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 1.0, Level AA. The site was also tested for use on a slow modem, various operating systems and browsers, and on a mobile phone.

Victorian Electoral Commission

www.vec.vic.gov.au
Gian Wild worked on the original Victorian Electorial Commission web site and ensured its compliance to W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Version 1.0. Level A. More recently she has reviewed the designs and templates for the updated Victorian Electoral Commission web site (Level AA).