Meeting Goals

Interactive discussion with you to:

• Introduce (briefly) the WAI-ACT Project
• Tour resources developed by the project
• Explore opportunities for collaboration

Meeting Schedule

• 14:00 - 14:30 Introducing the WAI-ACT Project
• 14:30 - 15:30 Resources for designers and developers
• 15:30 - 15:45 Coffee Break
• 15:45 - 16:45 Resources for accessibility evaluators
• 16:45 - 17:15 Resources for accessibility researchers
• 17:15 - 17:30 Working together and future work
• 17:30 - 18:00 Casual "meet and greet"

About W3C/WAI

Web Accessibility Initiative - Cooperation Framework for Guidance on Advanced Technologies, Evaluation Methodologies, and Research Agenda Setting to Support eAccessibility (WAI-ACT)

• EC Framework Programme 7 Support Action project
• 1 September 2011 until 31 August 2014 (36 months)
• Led by W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C/WAI)

http://www.w3.org/WAI/ACT/

Project Partners

WAI-ACT project partners are:

• W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C/WAI)
• Stiching Bartimeus Accessibility (SBA)
• Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (Fraunhofer)
• Johannes Keppler University (JKU)

Project Objectives

WAI-ACT builds on and extends WAI processes to provide:

• Expanded cooperation in web accessibility
• Authoritative guidance on implementation
• Harmonized evaluation methodologies
• Coordinated research and development

Web Accessibility Tutorials

Resource: Web Accessibility Tutorials

Show how to create web content that is accessible to people with disabilities and improve the user experience for all audiences.

Accessibility Support Database

Resource: Accessibility Support Database

Community-driven open collection of information on accessibility support in different web technologies, browsers, and assistive technologies.

Managing and Planning Implementation

Resource: Planning and Implementing Web Accessibility

Guidance on managing and planning the implementation of web accessibility in projects and organizations.

WCAG-EM: Evaluation Methodology

Resource: Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM)

Guidance on evaluating how well websites conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0.

WCAG-EM Report Tool

Source code: WCAG-EM Report Tool

Interactive online tool to help you create reports following the procedure specified by WCAG-EM.

Selecting Evaluation Tools

Source code: List of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools

Interactive online tool to help you find and select appropriate web accessibility evaluation tools.

Developing Evaluation Tools

Resource: Developers' Guide to Features of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools

Describes features that can be provided by tools that support fully-automated, semi-automated, and manual web accessibility evaluation, to provide guidance for tool developers on what kind of features they could provide in their products and services.

Web Accessibility Research Symposia

Resource: WAI Research and Development Symposia

Online symposia that bring together researchers, practitioners, and users with disabilities interested in a particular aspect of web accessibility to advance research and development in that area:

• Website Accessibility Metrics, 5 December 2011
• Mobile Accessibility, 25 June 2012
• Text Customization for Readability, 19 November 2012
• Easy to Read on the Web, 3 December 2012
• User Modeling for Accessibility, 15 July 2013
• Accessible E-Learning, 16 December 2013

Web Accessibility Research Symposia

Wiki: eAccessibility Research and Development Topics

Topics currently under discussion include:

• Accessibility of way-finding systems
• Web of Things
• Big Data for Accessibility
• Tangible Interfaces
• Web Inclusion

Open Discussion

Questions on web accessibility for broader discussion?

• HTML5 accessibility
• Mobile web accessibility
• WCAG 2.0 beyond the Web
• Getting involved in WAI
• Other questions?

Getting WAI Updates

Getting announcements and the latest resources:

• Announcements by e-mail, Twitter, RSS, ...
  http://www.w3.org/WAI/about/announcements
• Highlights of latest WAI resources "Your WAI"
  http://www.w3.org/WAI/yourWAI
• WAI Interest Group e-mail discussion list
  http://www.w3.org/WAI/IG/

Thank You

Get information and get involved:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/ACT/