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50 <br /> 1 Vice-Chair Fowler asked if acronyms will also be going away with accessible language. <br /> 2 Paul Slack said that will also be part of this effort. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Slide#4 <br /> What We Have Done to Date <br /> • Established an ADA Steering Committee and Work Group to identify the best <br /> ways to meet this guidance. <br /> • Acquired the software Aquia and Equidox to aid in auditing our digital spaces to <br /> understand the scope of our remediation needs. <br /> • Hosted county-wide trainings to teach employees how to remediate out of <br /> compliance content and how to create new, compliant content. <br /> • Hosted weekly work sessions and lunch and learns for employees working on the <br /> remediation efforts and new content creation. <br /> • Met 1 on 1 with departments to answer specific questions about how the update <br /> will impact them. <br /> • Met with Civic Plus to get an understanding of their timeline of remediation for <br /> parts of our website that they control. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 4 NORTH CAROLINA <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br /> 7 Slide#5 <br /> Orange County ADA Based Digital Core Principles <br /> • Accessibility FIRST design In practice: <br /> • Plain language — Single column layouts <br /> • Consistency and ease of use — Use headings for web pages,Word <br /> does {Bold text is not a heading} <br /> • Public-centered content — Short paragraphs <br /> — Bulleted lists <br /> — AVOID JARGON <br /> — Use alt text <br /> — Creating an accessible Word Doe <br /> makes creating an accessible PDF <br /> much easier <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> 8 <br /> 9 <br /> 10 <br />