Accessibility: Documentation for creating WCAG 2.0 outputs

[lanejames35]

It would be nice to have a place where users can find information on how to make their outputs WCAG 2.0 compliant. Currently, I've been forced to cobble together tips from white papers, but I know enough knowledge exists to consolidate and centralize this info.

Cheers

[paulkaefer]

Is this one of the papers you've referenced? It was presented at this year's SAS Global Forum, and has 40 pages with plenty of examples and several useful references.

If you've already collected some resources and information, I would welcome you to start a page on sasCommunity.org. I would be happy to provide assistance with wiki editing if you would like.

[ChrisHemedinger]

A number of accessibility enhancements are coming in SAS 9.4 maint 4, to be released very soon (in the next week or so).  You'll want to stay tuned to that -- we'll post links when the documentation is publically available.

You'll see many accessibility enhancements in SAS Studio and SAS Enterprise Guide as well as the ability to programmatically create accessible graphs, tables, and other content with the Output Delivery System's HTML5 destination.

[lanejames35]

Yes, this paper is one of the best I've seen to date.

A page on sascCommunity.org sounds like a great idea and I appreciate the offer of support. I'll add this to my "to-do" list.

Cheers!

[slugolicious]

A new SAS doc is available called "Creating Accessible SAS® 9.4 Output Using ODS and ODS Graphics".

There are also three SAS Global Forum papers this year (2017) related to ODS and Accessibility:

1. Monday, April 3rd, 3:00-3:30pm, "Tag, You’re It! Creating Accessible (Tagged) PDF with SAS® 9.4 Output Delivery System"
2. Monday, April 3rd, 4:00-4:30pm, "A Gurus Guide: Producing Section 508-Compliant Custom Reports with the Output Delivery System"
3. Monday, April 3rd, 4:30-5:00pm, "Raising the Bar: The Pending Section 508 Refresh and the ODS HTML5 Destination".