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Hi all, I am trying to create an online help using RoboHelp Classic 2019, but my output needs to be WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) compliant at the AA level.
I saw that Azure Blue, Charcoal Grey and Ocean layouts are 508 compliant, but I need them to be WCAG compliant... So, I was wondering if there is anybody who has managed to have their Responsive HTML5 output (or at least WebHelp) WCAG compliant (AA level)? Would appreciate some tips on how to ensure that compliance. Thanks.
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Welcome to the forum. 🙂
I don't have any experience in either standard, but I found a page that compares the two, which might help you determine if 508 is acceptible. I'm not sure which version of wcag it's using but I figure it's at least a start.
https://jimthatcher.com/sidebyside.htm
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Hi Amebr,
Thanks for welcoming me and also for looking into this. I'm quite new into both RoboHelp and WCAG compliance, so anything is a good start! 🙂
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Hi Anda1. Good luck with that project, especially since it seems WCAG-compliance is an even bigger job than 508-compliance.
508-compliance is something I'm part way through improving for our WebHelp, but it's an ongoing project alongside ongoing development of the same help. Comments about my experience so far:
That's enough rambling from me. Good luck with your project. I strongly recommend you find an appropriate testing tool. Therec are a number out there for 508-compliance so presumably there are for WCAG-compliance.
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Hi NickShears,
Thanks for sharing your experience so far with 508 compliance, it's really helpful!
So I get from you that Charcoal Grey skin is not entirely 508 compliant, after all... And I am assuming then it's not WCAG compliant either...
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There is some information in the RoboHelp Tour if you search for 508. I can't promise the stuff about older versions is still true but what is said about 2019 New UI is, to the best of my knowledge, correct. I was advised that as supplied everything is 508 compliant but what you do in topics is your responsibility. Please don't shoot the messenger if that's not the case.
Any shortcomings should be reported asap so that they can be taken into account as updates progress.
Please follow this link to report bugs. https://tracker.adobe.com
Post the link to your bug report in this thread and others can vote for it. The more people who do so, the higher it gets prioritised.
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Peter, the reason I've not yet logged what appear io be at least one or two 508-compliance bugs in the Charcioal Grey skin is that I want to complete more tests and make the steps easy to replicate, but right now Ive bigger things on my plate.
I'll log the bug(s) when I can and link to them here to encourage others to vote for them.
Thanks for the feedback and encouragement.
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Anda1, the one thing I'll be trying to look at in more detail when I eventually get back to this work is this error. It's related to the navigation in the Table of Contents, so is unrelated to the content of the topics themslves:
"Aria label and role mising for left side menu bar links."
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Hi Everyone,
I think you may find the following link helpful
https://www.adobe.com/accessibility/compliance.html
This has details on 508 compliance from output perspective across RH 2019 Classic or RH2017 and also new Re-imagined RoboHelp. We are further working to improve these compliances.
Thanks
Amitoj Singh