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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And for those wanting a brief intro, please see:
What’s New in WCAG 2.1
w3.org/WAI/standards-guideli…
[alt: WCAG 2 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines]
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Règles pour l’accessibilité des contenus Web (WCAG) 2.1 -- French Authorized Translation of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines #WCAG 2.1 -- is published at:
w3.org/Translations/WCAG21-f…
Find more translations:
w3.org/WAI/translations/
[alt: #accessibility in many language] #a11y
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Calling all digital accessibility course instructors -- We invite you to submit your course:
w3.org/WAI/courses/submissio…
For others -- To get an announcement when we publish the course list in July, see Get WAI News:
w3.org/WAI/news/subscribe/
[ALT: Essential for some, useful for all.]
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We updated the WCAG 3 Introduction page:
w3.org/WAI/standards-guideli…
You can help address misunderstandings about the status of the in-progress WCAG 3 draft by pointing to:
w3.org/WAI/standards-guideli…
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Want to use #ARIA to make your web apps more #accessible, yet tired of slogging through a LONG doc? Good news: ARIA Authoring Practices Guide (APG) is redesigned as shorter pages!
w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/
(related email: lists.w3.org/Archives/Public…) #a11y #ARIAapg #GAAD #WebApps
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On #GAAD learn what #W3C #WAI is up to in May 2022. Get news & upcoming publications. You can contribute -- be one of the "we". See:
--> What We're Working On
--> w3.org/WAI/update/
#a11y #accessibility #WCAG #ARIA #COGA #EPUB
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Thank you. Yes, we are updating it now. We have people-resources committed to the updates. I'm going on record here saying that we plan to start publishing the updates in June 2022. ~Shawn
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Draft for your review:
Accessibility of Remote Meetings
w3.org/TR/remote-meetings/
Please send comment by 17 June 2022. Thanks!
#a11y #remote #hybrid #accessibility #w3c
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We are pleased to share that the impact of W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) work has been recognized in an ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) service award to Judy Brewer. See blog:
w3.org/blog/2022/05/impact-o…
#a11y #W3C #WAI #WCAG #acm #accessibility
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Being in sync is important, especially for audio, video, captions, sign language, description. See:
Synchronization Accessibility User Requirements
w3.org/TR/saur
The draft is ready for ‘wide review’ before being published as a #W3C Note.
#Multimedia #AV #RTC #XR
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Cognitive accessibility objectives and design patterns are in a new user interface. #a11y See:
* Cognitive Accessibility Guidance list: w3.org/WAI/WCAG2/supplementa…
* About Supplemental Guidance: w3.org/WAI/WCAG2/supplementa…
* Cognitive Accessibility at W3C w3.org/WAI/cognitive/
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We’re looking for designers, developers, and users with experience in low vision accessibility.
Would you consider contributing to #WAI work through the #W3C Low Vision Community Group. #a11y #LowVision See:
w3.org/community/low-vision/
where you can "Join... this Group"
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And the papers are linked from the agenda: w3.org/WAI/about/projects/wa…
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Transcript available from: w3.org/WAI/about/projects/wa…
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Find out what #W3C #WAI is up to in March 2022. Get news & upcoming publications. You can contribute -- be one of the "we". See:
--> What We're Working On
--> w3.org/WAI/update/
Share the news at #axecon #CSUNATC2022 and beyond
#a11y #accessibility #WCAG #ARIA #COGA #EPUB
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