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Calling All Authoring Tool Developers: ATAG 2 for You

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20100708b

If you develop web authoring tools (content
management systems, HTML editors, websites that let users add content, and more), now is the time to
take a good look at the ATAG 2.0
Working Draft. It's in Last Call Working
Draft stage, and we need you to use it in developing your tools and let us
know how it works for you. People with disabilities and accessibility
specialists are also encouraged to review it now. See:
Call for Review: ATAG *Last Call* Working Draft, ATAG Overview, How WAI Develops
Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and
Opportunities to Contribute.
Please send any comments on this Last Call
Working Draft by 2 September 2010. Thanks! (2010-07-08)

For Review: Updated WCAG 2.0 Techniques

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20100708a

WAI announces a Call for Review of draft updates to supporting documents for WCAG 2.0: Techniques for WCAG 2.0 (Editors' Draft) and Understanding WCAG 2.0 (Editors' Draft). (This is not an update to WCAG 2.0, which is a stable document.) To learn more about the updates, see Call for Review: WCAG 2.0 Techniques Draft Updates e-mail. Please submit comments by 9 August 2010. (2010-07-08)

For Review: UAAG 2.0 and Implementing UAAG 2.0 Working Drafts

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT

http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20100617a

WAI has published updated Working Drafts of User Agent Accessibility
Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 and the Implementing
UAAG 2.0 supporting Note. UAAG defines how browsers, media players, and
other "user agents" should support accessibility for people with disabilities
and work with assistive technologies. WAI encourages you to review UAAG 2.0 and
submit comments now, as the Working Group is preparing for Last Call. See:
Call for
Review: UAAG 2.0 and Implementing UAAG 2.0 Working Drafts e-mail, User Agent Accessibility
Guidelines (UAAG) Overview, How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute.
Please send comments by 29 July
2010. (2010-06-17)

Reach your audience: Make your presentations accessible to all

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT

http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20100616a

How
to Make Presentations Accessible to All helps you make
presentations, talks, meetings, and training accessible to all of your
potential audience, including people with disabilities and others. WAI would
like to know how this resource works for you and how we can improve it. See
the blog post: Make Your Presentations Accessible to
All. Please send comments by 19 July 2010. (2010-06-16)

Working Together for Better Accessibility

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:00:00 GMT

http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20100422a

To help and encourage developers and users working together, WAI has updated the following documents:
Contacting Organizations about Inaccessible Websites (primarily for users), Involving Users in Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility (primarily for project managers, designers, developers, editors, and others involved in all types of web projects),
Involving Users in Evaluating Web Accessibility (for those evaluating accessibility).
See Updated Resources Encourage Working Together for Better Accessibility e-mail for more information. (2010-04-22)

Judy Brewer to Testify on Web Accessibility Before US House Subcommittee

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:00:00 GMT

http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20100421a

On Thursday, April 22, Judy Brewer, Director of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), will be among those testifying at a Hearing on Achieving the Promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the Digital Age – Current Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities before the US House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. In her testimony, she will speak about how web accessibility has progressed over the past ten years, and why it is important to continue to lower accessibility barriers on the web as we rely more heavily on the web for education, employment, health care, social networking, and more. Learn about W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). Note: We will link to the testimony when it becomes available online. (2010-04-21)

For Review: UAAG 2.0 and Implementing UAAG 2.0 Working Drafts

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20100311a

WAI has published an updated Working Draft of the User Agent
Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0. UAAG defines how browsers, media players,
and other "user agents" should support accessibility for people with
disabilities and work with assistive technologies. This draft adds requirements
in seven new areas, including support for speech input, video playback controls,
and a new section on conformance. It introduces a new supporting document, Implementing UAAG 2.0, as a First Public Working Draft. WAI
encourages you to review UAAG 2.0 and submit comments. See:

Call for Review: UAAG 2.0 and Implementing UAAG 2.0 Working Drafts, User Agent Accessibility
Guidelines (UAAG) Overview.

Please send comments by 16 April
2010. (2010-03-11)

Speak up! Tell organizations if their website is inaccessible

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT

http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20100106a

Contacting Organizations about Inaccessible Websites guides you through telling
organizations about accessibility barriers on their website. We would like to know how this new WAI resource works for you and how we can improve it. See the blog post: Take a few minutes to encourage web accessibility. Your voice counts. Please send comments by 3 February
2010. (2010-01-06)

WCAG 2.0 in Italian: Authorized Translation Published

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20091221a

Linee guida per l'accessibilità dei contenuti Web (WCAG) 2.0, the Italian Authorized Translation of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, is now available, following completion of the W3C Authorized Translations process. WAI encourages translating WAI documents in all languages. See:
WCAG 2.0 Translations for a list of other completed and planned translations, WCAG 2.0 Italian Authorized Translation Published e-mail.
(2009-12-21)

For Review: WAI-ARIA Updated Working Drafts

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20091215a

WAI has published updated Working Drafts of WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications technical specification, and two companion documents: WAI-ARIA User Agent Implementation Guide and WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices. Get more information on using WAI-ARIA to make dynamic, interactive web content accessible to people with disabilities from:
Call for Review: WAI-ARIA Updated Working Drafts announcement e-mail;WAI-ARIA Overview, which links to WAI-ARIA FAQ and related documents for Web site developers and browser developers; How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute.
Please send comments by 2 February 2009. (2009-12-15)