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Announcements

• Open position: Web Accessibility Specialist (Europe)
• Open position: Web Accessibility Engineer
• WAI-ACT Project
• Get WAI Announcements

Events, Meetings, Presentations

• At W3C TPAC 2012 in Lyon, France
  
  • EOWG Face-to-Face Meeting on 30 Oct, 1-2 Nov 2012
• On 19 November, online: Text Customization for Readability Symposium
• On 3 December, online: Easy-to-Read on the Web Symposium

[WAI Presentations]
[Past WAI Events]

Documents in Progress

The WAI Interest Group (WAI IG) page lists documents in progress, such as accessibility guidelines WAI-ARIA 1.0, UAAG 2.0, and ATAG 2.0.

Highlights

For Review: User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 Working Drafts

WAI invites you to review updated Working Drafts of User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 and Implementing UAAG 2.0. UAAG defines how browsers, media players, and other "user agents" should support accessibility for people with disabilities and work with assistive technologies. UAAG 2.0 is updated to better address mobile devices and input by speech, touch, and gesture. See the Call for Review: UAAG 2.0 Working Drafts e-mail for a summary of changes. Please send comments by 9 November 2012.    (2012-Oct-04)

For Review: Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM)

WAI invites you to review the updated Working Draft of Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM). For more information, see the Call for Review: Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) e-mail. Please send any comments on this draft by 20 October 2012.    (2012-Sept-20)

Mobile Accessibility: Resources Updated

See the Mobile Accessibility Resources e-mail for links to updated information on how mobile web accessibility is addressed in existing W3C standards/guidelines, and how the overlap between mobile web design/development and accessibility strengthens the business case.    (2012-Sept-10)

Call for Papers: Easy-to-Read on the Web Symposium

The Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) will hold an online symposium to explore easy-to-read language to meet the needs of people with cognitive disabilities or low language skills. See the Easy-to-Read on the Web Symposium page. The Call for Papers is open until 12 October 2012.    (2012-Sept-06)

For Review: Web Accessibility Metrics Research Report

The First Public Working Draft of Research Report on Web Accessibility Metrics, a W3C Working Group Note, is now available for review. See the Call for Review: Web Accessibility Metrics Research Report e-mail for more information. Comments are welcome through 30 September 2012.    (2012-Aug-30)

Call for Papers: Text Customization for Readability Symposium

The Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) will hold an online symposium to explore the needs of people with low vision, dyslexia, and other conditions and situations that impact reading. See the Text Customization for Readability Symposium page. The Call for Papers is open until 24 September 2012.    (2012-Aug-21)

For Review: WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent Implementation Guide

We invite you to review an updated Working Draft of WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent Implementation Guide, which describes how browsers and other user agents should support WAI-ARIA (the Accessible Rich Internet Applications specification); specifically, how to expose WAI-ARIA features to platform accessibility APIs. See the Call for Review: WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent Implementation Guide e-mail for more information. Please send comments by 21 September 2012.    (2012-Aug-16)

Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web ICT: First Draft Published

The First Public Working Draft of Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT) is now available for review. Please see important background information in the Call for Review: Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web ICT e-mail. Comments are welcome through 7 September 2012.    (2012-July-27)

Indie UI: New Independent User Interface Working Group

Today W3C WAI launched the new Independent User Interface (Indie UI) Working Group to develop a way for user actions to be communicated to web applications. This will make it easier for web applications to work with a wide range of devices, including assistive technologies (AT). To learn more, see the Indie UI e-mail.    (2012-May-22)

Share the news: How to Make Your Presentations Accessible to All is updated

How to Make Presentations Accessible to All helps you make presentations, meetings, conferences, etc. accessible to all of your potential audience, including people with disabilities and others. We welcome your help telling others about this resource. See more in the blog post: Make Your Presentations Accessible to All updated - share the news.    (2012-Feb-20)

BAD to Good Updated: Demo shows web accessibility barriers fixed

The Before and After Demonstration (BAD) shows an inaccessible website and a retrofitted version of the same website with the accessibility barriers fixed. BAD is especially useful for presentations. See more in the BAD accessibility demo updated - share the news e-mail.    (2012-Jan-31)

WAI-ACT: Cooperation, Implementation, Evaluation, Research

WAI invites you to participate in the new WAI-ACT Project to help develop:

• An expanded framework for open cooperation among individuals and organizations,
• Technical guidance on implementing web accessibility,
• A harmonized methodology for evaluating website accessibility,
• Coordinated contribution to an eAccessibility research agenda.

See WAI-ACT Project: Accessibility Cooperation, Implementation, Evaluation, and Research e-mail and WAI-ACT Project page to learn about this European Commission (EC)-funded project.   (2011-Nov-16)

Working Together for Better Accessibility

To help and encourage developers and users working together, WAI has updated the following documents:

• Contacting Organizations about Inaccessible Websites (primarily for users)
• Involving Users in Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility (primarily for project managers, designers, developers, editors, and others involved in all types of web projects)
  
• Involving Users in Evaluating Web Accessibility (for those evaluating accessibility)

See Updated Resources Encourage Working Together for Better Accessibility e-mail for more information.    (2010-April-22)