RE: People with disabilities - document access compliance

["David Tinsley" <dtinsley -at- ndigital -dot- com>]

Thanks Richard, 
 
My deliverables are print, pdf and online help files. 
 
David

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David Tinsley wrote:

> I have been tasked with investigating what I need to do to ensure our
> technical documentation complies with the Accessibility for People with
> Disabilities Act (specifically in Ontario).
> Does anyone have any experience with this sort of legislation? How much
> effort do you have to put in to ensure compliance? I work in a high
> tech field with some very long complicated documents that would be time
> consuming, as well as expensive, to reproduce in other formats.
> The only thing I do at the moment is take into account the use of
> colour and colour blindness issues.

You might want to mention what your deliverables are. 

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-903-6372
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