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Voice Over: In this age, we might think that information readily available online is easily accessible. Contrary to this, many Persons with disabilities still find it difficult to access web content even with Internet Connection. Rene Orense: Hindi ganung kalaki yung development ng web accessibility sa Philippines

Over the Shoulder shot of Orense VO: Rene Orense, a resident evaluator in PWAG and instructor in ATRIEV, represents Side Angle, Medium Shot of Orense POV shot of Orense Medium shot of Orense POV shot of Orense Screen shot of Youtube, *scanning videos Screen shot of a Youtube video playing Medium Shot of Orense Orense: Come to think na lahat ng content sa Internet puro visual di ba, mga designs, mga colors. Pero pagdating kasi sa amin pag binabasa naming sila using yung tool na ginagamit namin, text lang plain text ganun lang kung pano naming siya naiintindhihan VO: Deaf users can read content online but not audio-dependent content found in videos and podcasts, while the visually impaired use assistive devices such as the screen reader for blind users and the magnifier for people with low vision. Orense: sa akin, specifically low vision ako, so I also use magnifier, and malaki ang role sa akin ng web accessibility. the perspective of a visually impaired user. He is partially blind and can hardly distinguish colors.

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Actually, noon initiative pa lang siya e, Manila Convention pa lang siya noon. Come 2004, nagsamasama yung ibat ibang agencies ng government at mga private companies at NGOs VO: The Philippine Web Accessibility Group or PWAG it ensures that sites are easily accessible to PWDs. Orense: Bale yun yung mga web developers na nagsamasama para maadvocate at tumulong para maspread yung awareness sa public about web accessibility. VO: According to Julius Serrano, web designer and former member of PWAG, Web Accessibility refers to a set of principles, techniques and features that make your websites and online content accessible to persons with special needs. VO: As a signatory to the United Nations convention on the Rights of PWDS, the Philippines created a joint circular on accessible website design guidelines. Orense: Binase namin dun sa environment ng mga persons with disabilities, yung mga users dito sa atin. VO: Rene Orense explains some of the basic

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guidelines for an accessible web content Orense: halimbawa yung iba lumang computers, kailangan yung guidelines nila sa website nila at least kaya niya magload sa sensitive sa color yung ibang persons with disabilities, kailangan may mga blend ng colors na di masyadong saturated or pasado dun sa web accessibility guideline din, and lastly kailangan meron silang shortcut para dumeretso sa content, which most of the government websites do not have. For example ako di ko naman nakikita yung website and I want to go straight to the content, I want to see that they provide me a skip to content option VO: The skip to content link, this makes it easier for screen reader users to go directly to content, without the screen reader reading everything on the window The website must include a header menu containing links of the different categories in the website so it would be easy for them to go directly to the section theyre looking for Use descriptive links instead of click here or read here so that the users will immediately know the content of your link Include alternative text for photos, normally

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the screen reader will just read the file name of your image, but by including alt texts the blind user gets a short description of your photo Julius Serrano: Here are two of the best ways for you to ensure that persons who are deaf can still access your online content. You should provide captions and transcripts for your videos, so if you have a video in Youtube or any other online video sharing service, you should provide captions or transcripts for the spoken parts or the dialogue and for the sounds included in the audio of the video. You should provide transcripts for your audio content. This may include podcasts audio interviews or even online courses in your website. Now you may choose to include the transcript in the same page where you embed the audio content or you can let the user download the transcripts, along with the audio files that youre providing. If you provide captions and transcripts for your video and your audio you can ensure that although persons who are deaf would not hear your content they can still access, understand and appreciate your information.

 Screen shot of google search engine Medium shot of Orense Screen shot of PWAG list of Accessible Philippine Websites Over the shoulder shot of Orense Screen shot of PWAG website Medium shot of Orense POV shot of Orense VO: As a matter of fact a lot of the government sites are still inaccessible, in the list provided by PWAG only a few has complied including the National Council on Disability Affairs, the House of Representatives, the Cebu city government, and recently the Commissions on Elections or COMELEC Orense: May mga nagrerespond ng may ibang automatic reply, wala pa rin kaming sagot, di ko alam kung adhil lang sa sistema sa government o dahil sa hindi rin ganung kalaki yung budget na o yung pondo ng certain government na yun para magbayad ulit ng web developer Orense: Kinoconvince pa rin namin na lagyan niyo ng mga ganitong features yung website nyo, gawin niyo namang medyo accessible tong content na to. We write to them, we contact them. We evaluate their websites, tapos nagsusuggest kami, eto naman gawin nyo para mas maging accessible And theres another bonus, if your website has captions and transcripts for video and audio, search engines are gonna love your website, this is because a page that contains text along with video and audio has a higher change of getting a better search engine ranking.

 Screen shot of Web Accessibility quote of Jojo Esposa, PWAG President: Web Accessibility is not only for People with disabilities but for all of us who are thankful that there are no barriers in using our abilities. VO: This has been Trina Enriquez, reporting on web accessibility in the Philippines. <Audio: Broadcast News closing> Hindi naman kasi talaga lahat ng guidelines na nandun sa WCAG international pwede nating gawin lahat, kung gagawin kasi natin lahat yun, sobrang restricted na ng website, sobrang accessible, na di na sila magkakaroon ng freedom na gawin yung mga designs nila, yung mga animations nila. We still encourage them to be creative pero as much as possible may accessibility feature din yung website.