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Wytyczne dla dostępności treści internetowych (WCAG) 2.1 -- the Polish Candidate Authorized Translation of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (#WCAG) 2.1 -- is available for review. See lists.w3.org/Archives/Public… - #a11y
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Editor’s Drafts do not imply consensus of a Working Group and have no official standing. (they’re usually at w3c.github.io) See:
How WAI Develops Accessibility Standards through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute
w3.org/WAI/standards-guideli…
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When WAI Working Drafts are ready for broader review, we send announcements. To get announcements via e-mail, Twitter, or Atom/RSS feed, see:
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Learn about #accessibility user needs for virtual, immersive, and augmented reality. Contribute your ideas.
XR Accessibility User Requirements (XAUR) draft is updated.
Doc: w3.org/TR/xaur/
Info in e-mail: lists.w3.org/Archives/Public…
@w3c_wai @w3c #a11y #VR #AR #XR
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Reminder: registration closes on Monday 21 September 2020!
Invitation: WAI-Tools Project Online Open Meeting on 22 September 2020 -- especially for practitioners, evaluation and quality assurance tool vendors, website owners, and others interested in monitoring of web #accessibility! #a11y #WCAG2 #WCAG_ACT w3.org/WAI/about/projects/wa…
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Reminder: WCAG 2.2 Working Draft comments due by 18 Sept.
9 proposed new success criteria are introduced here: w3.org/WAI/standards-guideli…
(Background in blog: w3.org/blog/2020/08/wcag22-w… )
Thanks in advance for your input. #a11y #wcag
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Reminder: Please send any comments this week on the draft
“Making Content Usable for People with Cognitive and Learning Disabilities”
Links for comments in GitHub or e-mail are in the Status section of the document and in this e-mail: lists.w3.org/Archives/Public…
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Invitation: WAI-Tools Project Online Open Meeting on 22 September 2020 -- especially for practitioners, evaluation and quality assurance tool vendors, website owners, and others interested in monitoring of web #accessibility! #a11y #WCAG2 #WCAG_ACT w3.org/WAI/about/projects/wa…
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Proposed new success criteria with persona quotes are now available in:
What's New in WCAG 2.2 Working Draft
w3.org/WAI/standards-guideli…
#WCAG #a11y
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WCAG 2.2 Working Draft is now ready for your review. There are 9 new success criteria. (We might go from here to finalization steps.) Please comment by 18 Sept. See more info at: w3.org/blog/2020/08/wcag22-w… Thanks in advance for your input. #a11y #wcag
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(For those who cannot participate live online due to time zone or schedule, you can get the recording. Register now and you will be notified when the recording is available to you.)
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“Making Content Usable for People with Cognitive and Learning Disabilities”
is ready for wide review before it is published as a Working Group Note. Draft at:
w3.org/TR/coga-usable/
Please send any comments by 4 September 2020.
Thanks! #a11y #coga #ux
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Reminder: Please send any comments on the draft document "Challenges with Accessibility Guidelines Conformance and Testing, and Approaches for Mitigating Them" by:
Friday 24 July 2020
More info in blog: w3.org/blog/2020/06/accessib…
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Calling authoring tool vendors & #accessibility evaluators - #CMS, #LMS, #blog software, #HTML editors, etc: The new ATAG Report Tool helps you generate a report on how the tool meets @W3C Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (#ATAG). See: w3.org/WAI/atag/report-tool/ - #a11y
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For input into the next generation of accessibility guidelines: What are challenges of evaluating different types of websites and apps for conformance to WCAG? And what are approaches for mitigating the challenges? See more info in: w3.org/blog/2020/06/accessib…
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Richtlijnen voor Toegankelijkheid van Webcontent (WCAG) 2.1 -- Dutch Authorized Translation of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines #WCAG 2.1 -- is published at w3.org/Translations/WCAG21-n…
More info at: lists.w3.org/Archives/Public…
#a11y
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Introduction to Web Accessibility *free* online course from @thew3cx on @edXOnline
extended to September 2020. (no more extensions planned:) Learn more from blog post:
w3.org/blog/2019/12/free-onl…
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Also of particular interest for GAAD: the free online course (available through September 2020:)
"Introduction to Web Accessibility"
w3.org/blog/2019/12/free-onl…
for #a11y #W3C #WAI #accessibility #WCAG #GAAD
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