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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Joined April 2009
interested in Semantic Web technology for content description, annotation, adaptation? Pls comment EARL Last Call WD http://bit.ly/EARL0910
Interested in processing results from different Web accessibility evaluation tools? Pls comment on EARL Last Call WD http://bit.ly/EARL0910
"Richtlinien für barrierefreie Webinhalte (WCAG) 2.0" the WCAG 2.0 German Translation published today. See http://bit.ly/German2
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share your ideas on accessible autocomplete dropdowns in WAI IG mail http://bit.ly/wai-ig3 to join e-mail list see http://bit.ly/wai-ig-list
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Replying to @JC_UX
@JimbobC some WAI specs are already in new design eg http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/ More pages will convert to new design in time.
new W3C Accessibility page http://bit.ly/accessibility-w3c says the impact of disabilities can be radically changed for people using the Web
Wondering how to make audio & video on the web accessible? W3C shares its Multimedia Accessibility FAQ http://www.w3.org/2008/06/video-notes
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WCAG 2.0 in Italian! Call for review, deadline *30 Oct* See http://tinyurl.com/wcag2it-cat Linee guida per l'accessibilità dei contenuti Web
Shawn is speaking at Web Accessibility Day at NFB in Baltimore, MD, USA on 22 September http://www.w3.org/WAI#announce
Web Applications Enabled Tutorial, 16 September, London, led by Michael Cooper http://tinyurl.com/apps-access (registration deadline 1 Sept)
WCAG 2.0 in German! Call for review, deadline *12 Sept*. See http://tinyurl.com/germanwcag-cat Richtlinien für barrierefreie Webinhalte 2.0
Andrew and Shadi are speaking at Techshare 2009 in London, UK on 17 Sept http://www.w3.org/WAI#announce
Andrew and Shadi are speaking at the British Society of Gerontology Conference in Bristol, UK on 4 Sept http://www.w3.org/WAI#announce
Andrew and Shadi are speaking at the AAATE conference in Florence, Italy on 2 Sept http://www.w3.org/WAI#announce
Judy is speaking at "Accessing the Future" in Boston, MA, USA on 20 July http://www.w3.org/WAI/#announce
to make your website accessible & mobile friendly at the same time see http://www.w3.org/WAI/mobile/ W3C Note http://www.w3.org/TR/mwbp-wcag
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Shadi (http://www.w3.org/People/shadi) blogged "WCAG 2.0 in your mother tongue" at http://tinyurl.com/wcag20tongue
"Règles pour l'accessibilité des contenus Web (WCAG) 2.0" the WCAG 2.0 French Translation is published. See http://tinyurl.com/wcag20french
Web Accessibility Business Case http://www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/ updated to cover older users more & WCAG 2, see http://tinyurl.com/bcase0906
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Shawn is speaking at ATIA 2009 Chicago (Assistive Technology Industry Association) on 29 & 30 October 2009 http:/www.w3.org/WAI/#announce