Action 4: Ensure the Victorian Government’s Digital Strengthen social media SCEPB Digital Standards for accessibility of government guidelines to raise awareness of Oct Dec 18 – Improve social social media content are adopted across requirement for alt text media accessibility Victorian Government agencies, including descriptions on images and requirement that videos include a text captions/transcripts on videos equivalent with captions or transcripts. across government agencies Guidelines to specify that inbuilt SCEPB Digital – Notes captions (such as Youtube) are Oct 2018 not always accurate These actions may be subject to the availability of funding. DPC digital to assess extent of SCEPB Digital – issue of social media images Dec 2018 with no text description Recommend use of Web SCEPB Digital Content Accessibility Guidelines – Completed 2.0 AAA Standard for content designed for PWD
Action 4: Improve social media accessibility Ensure the Victorian Government’s Digital Standards for accessibility of government social media content are adopted across Victorian Government agencies, including requirement that videos include a text equivalent with captions or transcripts. Notes These actions may be subject to the availability of funding. Strengthen social media guidelines to raise awareness of requirement for alt text descriptions on images and captions/transcripts on videos across government agencies Guidelines to specify that inbuilt captions (such as Youtube) are not always accurate DPC digital to assess extent of issue of social media images with no text description Recommend use of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 AAA Standard for content designed for PWD SCEPB Digital Oct – Dec 18 SCEPB Digital – Oct 2018 SCEPB Digital – Dec 2018 SCEPB Digital – Completed
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