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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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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Pushed into 2021, as updated here: w3.org/WAI/standards-guideli…
fyi, milestones: w3.org/WAI/standards-guideli…
August publication was “wide review” (w3.org/WAI/news/2020-08-11/w…). Next could be another “wide review” (rather than advance to Candidate Recommendation).
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We hope that you find resources on the WAI website helpful. Getting started resources include:
* w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/acce…
* w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/acce…
* w3.org/WAI/tips/
* w3.org/WAI/test-evaluate/pre…
And we have an Intro course (free to audit), info at:
w3.org/blog/2019/12/free-onl…
Note that some info is in the specific Understanding docs w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understand…
-- for example, w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understand…
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It comes from: direct experience of Working Group and Task Force participants, published formal research (e.g., w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11…), and informal research by participants and others. (2/3)
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We haven’t made it a priority to provide all of the information in one place, given other priorities and workload. It’s in several publicly-archived places: meeting minutes, surveys, e-mail threads, wiki pages, GitHub issues. (1/3)
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Thanks so very much for jumping on the phone/video/screenshare with me, Nic!
I greatly appreciated your time and perspective. ~Shawn
Yes. Existing W3C accessibility standards already address many issues for intellectual/cognitive/learning disabilities. And we are working on more guidance now, and more for future standards.
See w3.org/WAI/cognitive/
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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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hummm. We could do it in a W3C wiki page (which requires only W3C login to edit). I see some pros and cons to that approach, from W3C perspective. I'll consider more and have an answer next week. Thanks much for continuing to help with ideas.
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Thank you for your updates. Unfortunately we are still short of resources to process updates right now.
I am optimistic that we will get to it in early 2021. Sadly, I'm not sure that we will before then. :-( ~Shawn
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We very much welcome your updates. Unfortunately we are still short of resources to process updates right now.
I am optimistic that we will get to it in early 2021. Sadly, I'm not sure that we will before then. :-( ~Shawn
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humm. Not sure what tools you’re looking for. The list of evaluation tools? That’s at w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/
Maybe we need to make that page clearer about what that particular project is doing, and add links to related work and resources?
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Hi Mike. Generally links to GitHub are near the bottom of each page under "Help improve this page".
For this project, under "Project Results", some of those links go directly to a GitHub repo, and some go the resource with the GitHub link near the bottom.
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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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We're working on plans to keep this version of the course available longer &/or provide an updated version of this course. We'll tweet and update info on the W3C website when we finalize plans. :-)
w3.org/blog/2019/12/free-onl…
~Shawn
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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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