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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/
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Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview
w3.org/WAI/standards-guideli…
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Yes. It's in progress. (e.g., github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/1… )
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How to Make Your Presentations Accessible to All
w3.org/WAI/teach-advocate/ac…
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Hi Jonathan. Thanks for the note. We're working on a better way to present the different versions.
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We encourage you to start with online resources from W3C WAI. They cover a wide range of situations: "Where do I start?", "Why is it important to include people with disabilities in the process?" & much more. See annotated list of #a11y resources: w3.org/WAI/resources/
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RTC Accessibility User Requirements (RAUR) describes accessibility related user needs, requirements, and scenarios for real-time communication (RTC).
RAUR is published at: w3.org/TR/raur/
(Background from 2020: w3.org/blog/2020/03/rtc-acce… )
#a11y #RAUR #RTC #accessibility
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For example:
Video Introduction to Web Accessibility and W3C Standards
w3.org/WAI/videos/standards-…
is a 4-minute video that introduces @W3C WAI's perspective that Web accessibility is:
✨Essential for some, useful for all.✨
(more in w3.org/WAI/perspective-video…)
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Getting the "Global" in GAAD. Today you can support Global #Accessibility Awareness by telling others about @W3C WAI resources in 35 languages!
w3.org/WAI/translations/
Also links to #WCAG 2 Authorized Translations and in-progress drafts.
#i18n #a11y #translation #GAAD @gbla11yday
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Both approaches are related to SSML. See: w3.org/TR/spoken-html/#table…
We have defined 2 technical approaches for author-controlled pronunciation in:
Specification for Spoken Presentation in HTML
w3.org/TR/spoken-html/
Now we would like more input on which approach to refine into a @W3C Standard.
#PersonalAssistant #SmartSpeaker #ScreenReader 3/3
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The @W3C WAI Pronunciation Task Force has been exploring this from multiple perspectives: users, content providers, voice assistant developers (“implementors”). For an intro to the issues and links to analysis documents, see:
Pronunciation Overview
w3.org/WAI/pronunciation/
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We pronounce the acronym W-A-I as “way”, but #ScreenReaders and voice assistants often pronounce it “why”. e-#GAAD If only we could define how to pronounce it…
This is one example of the reason for W3C work on pronunciation standards. There are more serious examples. (1/3)#a11y
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Many thanks to all who have translated @W3C accessibility resources:
w3.org/WAI/translations/
If you might want to contribute new translations or to updating existing translations, see:
w3.org/WAI/about/translating…
#GAAD #i18n #a11y #accessibility #translation @gbla11yday
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That page in العربية , čeština , Deutsch , Ελληνικά , español , français , Bahasa Indonesia , 日本語 , 한국어 , Nederlands , Português do Brasil , русский , язык , 简体汉语 plus additional subtitles فارسی , ગુજરાતી , हिंदी , Magyar , Italiano , कोंकणी , മലയാളം , मराठी , తెలుగు
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For your GAAD event, would you tell others about @W3C WAI accessibility awareness resources in many languages? For example:
Video Introduction to Web Accessibility and W3C Standards
w3.org/WAI/videos/standards-…
#GAAD #i18n #a11y #accessibility #translation @gbla11yday
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Indeed it did. We need to update that in a couple of places. (please don't go looking for them ;-)
It is now updated in w3.org/WAI/standards-guideli…
(And I say thank you for the note -- and it's nice to know folks are reading carefully!) ~Shawn
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