WAI develops strategies, standards, supporting resources to make tech accessible to people with disabilities. Accessibility: Essential for some, useful for all.
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Do you want guidance on teaching accessibility? Are you procuring a course and want guidance comparing options?
Check out W3C WAI’s new designer modules in:
Curricula on Web Accessibility
w3.org/WAI/curricula/
#a11y #w3c #curricula @teachaccess #HigherEd
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Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA (Update) is now published as a W3C Group Draft Note: w3.org/TR/turingtest/ The document looks at cryptographic authentication to verify the user is human, via W3C technologies that remove the need for interactive CAPTCHAs. #accessibility #a11y
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w3.org/blog/2021/12/idpd/
Learn about #accessibility translations. And language around speech recognition, voice recognition, description of visual information (audio description, video description, described video), color blind, contrast (luminance contrast, color contrast).
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What is MAUR, SAUR, XAUR, RAUR, NAUR? Find out from W3C WAI’s
Digital Accessibility Updates on International Day of Persons with Disabilities
w3.org/blog/2021/12/idpd/
#IDPD #IDPD2021 #WCAG @UN_Enable #VR #AR #UX #disability #accessibility #a11y
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Register today for the online research symposium
"Shape the Future: Research and Development Questions in Digital Accessibility". #a11y #accessibility
For agenda and link to free required registration by
7 November, see: w3.org/WAI/about/projects/wa…
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How do you know if a digital textbook or other publication is accessible? The technical metadata isn't clear to most. Enter:
"User Experience Guide for Displaying Accessibility Metadata"
w3.org/publishing/a11y/UX-Gu…
(Comments welcome in GitHub or e-mail.) #a11y #EPUB #metadata
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Being in sync is important, especially for audio, video, captions, sign language, description. Introducing:
Synchronization Accessibility User Requirements.
Get background and link to early draft from:
w3.org/blog/2021/09/synchron…
#Multimedia #SAUR #W3C #WAI #WCAG #AV #RTC #XR
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Turn your accessibility evaluation findings into a report with the WCAG-EM Report Tool:
w3.org/WAI/eval/report-tool/
The updated tool has new functionality and user interface. See info in e-mail: lists.w3.org/Archives/Public…
#a11y #WCAG #ReportTool
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Here is an example of the [Expand All Sections] [Collapse All Sections] buttons: w3.org/WAI/teach-advocate/ac…
We’re interested if that would help the use case you describe? Seems it could significantly decrease scrolling needed.
~Shawn
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Hi Tash. Thank you for the input.
I added it in github.com/w3c/wai-wcag-em-r…
We won’t be able to get it in this update. We might be able to add [Expand All Sections] [Collapse All Sections] buttons in this update, which should help some. github.com/w3c/wai-wcag-em-r…
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Good news: We are now actively working on updating this resource. This pull request is near the top of the list to address. We ask for a little more patience as the new folks learn what is needed for reviewing and updating the policies listings. Thanks.
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You are invited to the research symposium "Shape the Future: Research and Development Questions in Digital Accessibility" online 10 November 2021. For submission information and free required registration dates, see: w3.org/WAI/about/projects/wa…
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So sorry to hear that. 1. We will submit this issue to edX.
2. It would be helpful if you would also send it to accessibility@edx.org
3. I also need dark mode (+ line spacing). I use Stylus, and it works well on the edX course. e-mail me if you want help with that. ~ Shawn@w3.org
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Hi Abbas! If it's the Firefox toolbar, perhaps this will help? support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb…
I encourage you to submit accessibility feedback to the toolbar vendor. Here are some tips for providing accessibility feedback to vendors: w3.org/WAI/teach-advocate/co…
~Shawn
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XR Accessibility User Requirements (“XAUR”) is now a published W3C Working Group Note:
w3.org/TR/xaur/
XR refers to hardware, applications, and techniques used for virtual reality or immersive environments, augmented or mixed reality, and other related technologies.
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W3C’s annual meetings (“TPAC”) will be virtual in October 2021. One of the ways @W3C is encouraging diversity and inclusion is providing funds to support participants. #a11y See:
Inclusion Fund and Fellowships for TPAC 2021
w3.org/blog/2021/06/diversit…
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We’re excited to announce an open European-based position:
Web Accessibility Development and Operations Lead
What an opportunity to help drive development of accessibility standards and resources! @a11yjobs Check out:
w3.org/Consortium/Recruitmen…
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Hope these help:
XR Accessibility User Requirements
w3.org/TR/xaur/
and
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview
w3.org/WAI/standards-guideli…
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