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Announcements

• Open position: Web Accessibility Specialist (Europe)
• Open position: Web Accessibility Engineer
• WAI-ACT Project
• Get WAI Announcements

Events, Meetings, Presentations

• On 19 November, online: Text Customization for Readability Symposium
• At a11yMTL in Montreal, Canada on 23 November 2012: "Web Accessibility: A Catalyst to Greatness" keynote by Shawn
• On 3 December, online: Easy-to-Read on the Web Symposium

[WAI Presentations]
[Past WAI Events]

Documents in Progress

The WAI Interest Group (WAI IG) page lists documents in progress, such as accessibility guidelines WAI-ARIA 1.0, UAAG 2.0, and ATAG 2.0.

Highlights

Online Symposium: Text Customization for Readability

Registration is now open for the online symposium on Text Customization for Readability to be held on 19 November 2012. This symposium brings together researchers, practitioners, and users with disabilities to explore the needs of people with low vision, dyslexia, and other conditions and situations that impact reading. It focuses specifically on text customization requirements and functionality, that is, providing users the ability to change (or personalize) specific aspects of text display to improve readability for their particular needs. See:

• Text Customization for Readability - Online Symposium for details and registration
• Invitation for short contributions to share your perspectives on text customization for readability

(2012-Nov-06)

WCAG 2.0 in Swedish: Authorized Translation Published

Riktlinjer för tillgängligt webbinnehåll (WCAG) 2.0, the Swedish 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 Swedish Authorized Translation Published e-mail.

(2012-Oct-23)

WCAG 2.0 is ISO/IEC 40500

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 is now also an ISO/IEC International Standard, ISO/IEC 40500:2012. ISO/IEC 40500 is exactly the same as the original WCAG 2.0 standard from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). It remains freely available along with supporting resources from the WCAG Overview. Read the full press release and comment on the blog post.    (2012-Oct-15)

Mobile Accessibility: Resources Updated

See the Mobile Accessibility Resources e-mail for links to updated information on how mobile web accessibility is addressed in existing W3C standards/guidelines, and how the overlap between mobile web design/development and accessibility strengthens the business case.    (2012-Sept-10)

Indie UI: New Independent User Interface Working Group

Today W3C WAI launched the new Independent User Interface (Indie UI) Working Group to develop a way for user actions to be communicated to web applications. This will make it easier for web applications to work with a wide range of devices, including assistive technologies (AT). To learn more, see the Indie UI e-mail.    (2012-May-22)

Share the news: How to Make Your Presentations Accessible to All is updated

How to Make Presentations Accessible to All helps you make presentations, meetings, conferences, etc. accessible to all of your potential audience, including people with disabilities and others. We welcome your help telling others about this resource. See more in the blog post: Make Your Presentations Accessible to All updated - share the news.    (2012-Feb-20)

BAD to Good Updated: Demo shows web accessibility barriers fixed

The Before and After Demonstration (BAD) shows an inaccessible website and a retrofitted version of the same website with the accessibility barriers fixed. BAD is especially useful for presentations. See more in the BAD accessibility demo updated - share the news e-mail.    (2012-Jan-31)

WAI-ACT: Cooperation, Implementation, Evaluation, Research

WAI invites you to participate in the new WAI-ACT Project to help develop:

• An expanded framework for open cooperation among individuals and organizations,
• Technical guidance on implementing web accessibility,
• A harmonized methodology for evaluating website accessibility,
• Coordinated contribution to an eAccessibility research agenda.

See WAI-ACT Project: Accessibility Cooperation, Implementation, Evaluation, and Research e-mail and WAI-ACT Project page to learn about this European Commission (EC)-funded project.   (2011-Nov-16)

Working Together for Better Accessibility

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-April-22)