http://www.w3.org/WAI/ http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20130515a 2013-05-15 The Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) will hold an online symposium to explore user modeling for accessibility, an approach for generating and adapting user interfaces to address particular user needs and preferences. See: User Modeling for Accessibility - Online Symposium 15 July 2013. The Call for Papers is open until 6 June 2013. (2013-05-15) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20130424a 2013-04-24 Registration is now open for the W3C Workshop on Referencing and Applying WCAG 2.0 in Different Contexts on 23 May 2013 in Brussels, Belgium. This Workshop will explore approaches for using Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 and its supporting resources in different policy settings and contexts. It is open to policy-makers, users, developers, accessibility experts, researchers, and others interested in adopting, referencing, and applying WCAG 2.0. Registration is open until 7 May 2013, or until spaces are filled. (2013-04-24) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20130328b 2013-03-28 The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) today announced the Workshop on Referencing and Applying WCAG 2.0 in Different Contexts on 23 May 2013 in Brussels, Belgium. Participants will explore approaches for using Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 and its supporting resources in different policy settings and contexts. The Workshop is open to policy-makers, users, developers, accessibility experts, researchers, and others interested in adopting, referencing, and applying WCAG 2.0. If you are interested in participating, please submit a statement of interest by 23 April 2013. Learn more about the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). (2013-03-28) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20130328a 2013-03-28 Role Attribute 1.0 is now a completed Web Standard, published today as a W3C Recommendation. Role Attribute is an XML attribute that allows authors to add semantic information to documents. Role Attribute supports WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications technical specification for making dynamic, interactive web content accessible to people with disabilities. (2013-03-28) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20130312a 2013-03-12 HTML Image Description Extension was published today as a First Public Working Draft. This specification ("HTML-longdesc") enables web authors to provide longer text descriptions for complex images. It defines the "longdesc" attribute to link descriptions with images in HTML5 content. HTML-longdesc is an extension specification that is part of the HTML5 family of specifications, which enables it to evolve independently and be finalized more rapidly. Please see important additional information in the Call for Review: HTML Image Description Extension e-mail. (2013-03-12) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20130307a 2013-03-07 The Working Draft of WAI-ARIA 1.0 Authoring Practices: An author's guide to understanding and implementing Accessible Rich Internet Applications is now updated to provide the current state of the art in WAI-ARIA implementation. It provides detailed advice and examples to make widgets, navigation, and behaviors accessible using WAI-ARIA roles, states, and properties. It is primarily for web application developers, and is also useful for user agent and assistive technology developers. See Call for Review: WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices e-mail. Please send comments by 5 April 2013. (2013-03-07) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20130304a 2013-03-04 Руководство по обеспечению доступности веб-контента (WCAG) 2.0, the Russian 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 Russian Authorized Translation Published e-mail. (2013-03-04) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20130226a 2013-02-26 WAI invites you to provide feedback on the updated Working Draft of Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM). We are particularly interested in how it works for you in practice. For more information, see the WCAG-EM Overview and the WCAG-EM Call for Review. Please send any comments on this draft by 22 March 2013. (2013-02-26) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20130221a 2013-02-21 Developing Web Accessibility Presentations and Training provides materials for speakers, lecturers, educators, and other presenters to help their participants understand more about web accessibility. It includes a range of information from introductory slides for those new to accessibility, to updated statistics and demos for experienced trainers. To share your tips, guidance, and suggestions, see the WAI IG e-mail for links to the WAI-Engage wiki. (2013-02-21) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20130122a 2013-01-22 IndieUI defines a way for different user interactions to be translated into simple events and communicated to web applications. (For example, if a user wants to scroll down a page, they might use their finger on a touch screen, or click a scroll bar with a mouse, or use a scroll wheel, or say "scroll down" with a voice command. With IndieUI, these are all sent to the web app as simply: scroll down.) IndieUI will make it easier for web applications to work in a wide range of contexts — different devices (such as mobile phones and tablets), different assistive technologies (AT), different user needs. With IndieUI, web application developers will have a uniform way to design applications that work for multiple devices and contexts. We published the First Public Working Draft of IndieUI: Events today. See: IndieUI Overview for a short introduction, IndieUI: Events expands user interface interactions blog post (also invites participation), IndieUI: Events 1.0 - Events for User Interface Independence - technical specification, Mobile Accessibility to learn about related work. Please send comments on this Draft by 22 February 2013. (2013-01-22) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20121213b 2012-12-13 An updated Working Draft of Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT) is now available for review. Please see important information in the Call for Review: Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web ICT e-mail. Comments are welcome through 15 February 2013. (2012-12-13) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#xx20121213a 2012-12-13 Role Attribute 1.0 is published as a Proposed Recommendation. The next stage is final publication, as explained in How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process. Role Attribute allows authors to add semantic information to documents, which is a requirement of WAI-ARIA. For additional information, see the Role Attribute 1.0 is a Propose Recommendation e-mail. (2012-12-13) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20121120a 2012-11-20 Registration is now open for the online symposium on Easy-to-Read on the Web to be held on 3 December 2012. Researchers, practitioners, content authors, designers, developers, users with disabilities, and others are invited to participate. The symposium will address how to make information on the Web easier to understand, particularly by people with cognitive disabilities and people with low language skills. The symposium will explore user needs and the state of the art in research, development, and practice to contribute to a common understanding of easy-to-read on the Web. For details and registration, see Easy-to-Read on the Web - Online Symposium. (2012-11-20) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20121106a 2012-11-06 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. (2012-11-06) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20121023a 2012-10-23 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. (2012-10-23) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20121015a 2012-10-15 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 is now also an ISO/IEC International Standard. 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. (2012-10-15) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20121011a 2012-10-11 An updated Working Draft of Implementing ATAG 2.0: A guide to understanding and implementing Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 is available. For information on the status of ATAG 2.0, see the Implementing ATAG 2.0 Updated e-mail. (2012-10-11) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20121004a 2012-10-04 WAI invites you to review updated Working Drafts of User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 and Implementing 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. UAAG 2.0 is updated to better address mobile devices and input by speech, touch, and gesture. See the Call for Review: UAAG 2.0 Working Drafts e-mail for a summary of changes. Please send comments by 9 November 2012. (2012-10-04) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120920a 2012-09-20 WAI invites you to review the updated Working Draft of Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM). For more information, see the Call for Review: Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) e-mail. Please send any comments on this draft by 20 October 2012. (2012-09-20) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120910a 2012-09-10 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. (2012-09-10) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120906a 2012-09-06 The Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) will hold an online symposium to explore easy-to-read language to meet the needs of people with cognitive disabilities or low language skills. See the Easy-to-Read on the Web Symposium page. The Call for Papers is open until 12 October 2012. (2012-09-06) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120830a 2012-08-30 The First Public Working Draft of Research Report on Web Accessibility Metrics, a W3C Working Group Note, is now available for review. See the Call for Review: Web Accessibility Metrics Research Report e-mail for more information. Comments are welcome through 30 September 2012. (2012-08-30) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120821a 2012-08-21 The Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) will hold an online symposium to explore the needs of people with low vision, dyslexia, and other conditions and situations that impact reading. See the Text Customization for Readability Symposium page. The Call for Papers is open until 24 September. (2012-08-21) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120816a 2012-08-16 We invite you to review an updated Working Draft of WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent Implementation Guide, which describes how browsers and other user agents should support WAI-ARIA (the Accessible Rich Internet Applications specification); specifically, how to expose WAI-ARIA features to platform accessibility APIs. See the Call for Review: WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent Implementation Guide e-mail for more information. Please send comments by 21 September 2012. (2012-08-16) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120727b 2012-07-27 The First Public Working Draft of Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT) is now available for review. Please see important background information in the Call for Review: Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web ICT e-mail. Comments are welcome through 7 September 2012. (2012-07-27) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120727a 2012-07-27 The WCAG Working Group is updating a supporting document for WCAG 2.0 and a draft is available for review: 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 Understanding WCAG 2.0: Updates in progress e-mail. (2012-07-27) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120712a 2012-07-12 Role Attribute 1.0 is published as a Candidate Recommendation. Role Attribute allows authors to add semantic information to documents, which is a requirement of WAI-ARIA. Please see additional information in: Role Attribute 1.0 Candidate Recommendation in Implementation and Testing e-mail, How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process. Comments are welcome through 24 August 2012. (2012-07-12) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120611a 2012-06-11 Registration is now open for the online symposium on mobile accessibility to be held on 25 June 2012. The symposium is intended for researchers and practitioners who want to explore mobile accessibility challenges and solutions, and help develop a roadmap for future research and development. For details and registration, see Mobile Accessibility - Online Symposium. (2012-06-11) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120522a 2012-05-22 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. (2012-05-22) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120410a 2012-04-10 WAI encourages developers of web authoring tools (content management systems, HTML editors, social networking apps, and more) to start using Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines ATAG 2.0 Working Draft. It's in Last Call Working Draft stage, which means we think it's stable, yet it might change somewhat based on feedback and implementation experience. See: ATAG 2.0 Last Call Working Draft published e-mail,ATAG Overview,How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process. Please send any comments on this Last Call Working Draft by 5 June 2012. (2012-04-10) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120405a 2012-04-05 The Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) will hold an online symposium to explore mobile accessibility challenges, existing resources, and areas for future research and development. The Call for Papers is open until 7 May 2012. See Call for Papers: Mobile Accessibility - Online Symposium e-mail.   (2012-04-05) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120327a 2012-03-27 WAI invites you to review the First Public Working Draft of Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) that was published today. For more information, see the WCAG-EM Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology Draft Published e-mail. Please send any comments on this early draft by 27 April 2012. (2012-03-27) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120220a 2012-02-20 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. (2012-02-20) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120131a 2012-01-31 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.    (2012-01-31) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120110a 2012-01-10 We invite you to review the Last Call Working Draft of WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent Implementation Guide, which describes how browsers and other user agents should support WAI-ARIA (the Accessible Rich Internet Applications specification); specifically, how to expose WAI-ARIA features to platform accessibility APIs. See the Call for Review: WAI-ARIA 1.0 User Agent Implementation Guide e-mail for more information. Please send comments by 17 February 2012.    (2012-01-10) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120103b (2012-01-03) WAI continues to develop techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 and expand guidance on understanding and implementing WCAG 2.0. To learn about WCAG Techniques and about contributing to on-going work on WCAG support material, see the WCAG Techniques Updated - Learn about the informative guidance blog post. (2012-01-03) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20120103a 2012-01-03 We invite you to comment on the First Public Working Draft of Media Accessibility User Requirements that describes the accessibility requirements of people with disabilities with respect to audio and video on the Web, particularly in the context of HTML5. See Call for Review: Media Accessibility User Requirements email. Please send comments by 10 February 2012. (2012-01-03) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20111117a 2011-11-17 Registration is now open for the online symposium on website accessibility metrics to be held on 5 December 2011. The symposium is intended for researchers and practitioners who want to explore website accessibility metrics and help develop a roadmap for future research and development. For details and registration, see Website Accessibility Metrics - Online Symposium.    (2011-11-17) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20111116a 2011-11-16 You can participate in the new WAI-ACT Project to help develop: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20111013a 2011-10-13 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 Call for Review: Before and After Demonstration (BAD) e-mail.    (2011-10-13) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20110926a 2011-09-26 Retningslinjer for tilgjengelig webinnhold (WCAG) 2.0, the Norwegian 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: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20110915a 2011-09-15 The Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) is exploring metrics for measuring web accessibility and welcomes your input. The Call for Papers is open until 1 November 2011. See Call for Papers: Web Accessibility Metrics - Online Symposium e-mail.   (2011-09-15) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20110721a 2011-07-21 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 is relevant to you if you use tools to produce web content — tools such as blogs, wikis, social networking websites, content management systems (CMS), HTML editors, or others. ATAG defines how these tools should help you make your blog posts, websites, and other web content accessible — and how the tools themselves should be accessible so that people with disabilities can use them. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20110719b 2011-07-19 WAI has published updated Working Drafts of User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 and Implementing 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. Updates in this draft include: organization of the principles, focus behaviour and indication, and requirements for media. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20110719a 2011-07-19 Comprendre les WCAG 2.0: Un guide pour comprendre et mettre en œuvre la version 2.0 des Règles pour l'accessibilité des contenus Web, the French Authorized Translation of Understanding 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. (2011-07-19) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20110713a 2011-07-13 WAI is starting a WCAG 2.0 Evaluation Methodology Task Force to develop more comprehensive guidance on evaluating web accessibility. The Evaluation Task Force will develop an internationally harmonized methodology for evaluating websites' conformance to WCAG 2.0. Learn more about it from the Web Accessibility Evaluation and Testing e-mail.   (2011-07-13) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20110621a (2011-06-21) 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 26 August 2011.    (2011-06-21) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20110520a 2011-05-20 W3C WAI's Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) will soon resume work to help identify new trends in web accessibility and inform the development of solutions. See the RDWG Update: Research and Development Working Group e-mail and RDWG home page. (2011-05-20) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20110510a 2011-05-10 The Last Call Working Draft of Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Schema is ready for your review, along with updated Working Drafts of the EARL Developer Guide and related documents. EARL supports combining test results from different software tools, for example, to compare results from web accessibility evaluation tools. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20110426a 2011-04-26 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 is relevant to you if you use blogs, wikis, social networking websites, content management systems (CMS), HTML editors, or other such tools. ATAG defines how these tools should help you make your blog posts, websites, and other web content accessible — and how the tools themselves should be accessible so that people with disabilities can use them. Please review the updated Working Drafts and let us know how they can be improved to better meet the needs of developers and of people with disabilities. For more info see Call for Review: ATAG 2.0 Updated Working Drafts. Please send comments by 24 May 2011. (2011-04-26) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20110323a 2011-03-23 Directrius per a l'accessibilitat del contingut web (WCAG), versió 2.0, the Catalan 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: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20110216b 2011-02-16 Verkkosisällön saavutettavuusohjeet (WCAG) 2.0, the Finnish 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: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20110216a 2011-02-16 Retningslinjer for tilgængeligt webindhold (WCAG) 2.0, the Danish 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: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20110118b 2011-01-18 We are excited to announce that Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0 was published as a W3C Candidate Recommendation on 18 January 2011. The Candidate Recommendation stage means that there is broad consensus on the technical content, and we are gathering WAI-ARIA implementations. Please see additional information in: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20101203a 2010-12-03 Richtlijnen voor Toegankelijkheid van Webcontent (WCAG) 2.0, the Dutch 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: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20101014a (2010-10-14) WAI continues to develop techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 and expand guidance on understanding and implementing WCAG 2.0. To learn about today's publications and about contributing on-going work on WCAG techniques, see the New and Improved WCAG 2.0 Techniques blog post.    (2010-10-14) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20100916a 2010-09-16 Now ready for your review: Last Call Working Draft of WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications technical specification for making dynamic, interactive Web content accessible to people with disabilities. Working Drafts of 4 other documents in the WAI-ARIA suite are also updated. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20100708b 2010-07-08 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: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20100708a (2010-07-08) 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) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20100617a 2010-06-17 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: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20100616a 2010-06-16 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) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20100421a 2010-04-21 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) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20100311a 2010-03-11 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: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20091221a 2009-12-21 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: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20091215a 2009-12-15 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: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20091029c 2009-10-29 WAI has published a Last Call Working Draft of the Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Schema, updated Working Drafts of HTTP Vocabulary in RDF 1.0, Representing Content in RDF 1.0, Pointer Methods in RDF 1.0, Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Requirements, and a First Public Working Draft of the Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Guide. EARL provides a format for expressing test results, such as those generated by Web accessibility evaluation tools, using a vendor-neutral and platform-independent format. WAI encourages you to review EARL 1.0 documents and submit any comments. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20091029b 2009-10-29 An updated Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 Working Draft was published 29 October 2009. It includes a revised supporting note "Implementing ATAG 2.0". ATAG defines how authoring tools should help Web developers produce Web content that is accessible and conforms to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. ATAG also defines how to make authoring tools accessible so that people with disabilities can use them. WAI encourages you to review ATAG 2.0 and submit any comments. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20091029a 2009-10-29 Richtlinien für barrierefreie Webinhalte (WCAG) 2.0, the German 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: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20090723a 2009-07-23 WAI has published an updated User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 Working Draft with changes in the "Ensure that the user interface is operable" and Glossary sections. 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 any comments. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20090626a 2009-06-26 Règles pour l'accessibilité des contenus Web (WCAG) 2.0, the French 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: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20090526a 2009-05-26 Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Draft is ready for review. This draft is complete and is provided as a last opportunity for public review and comment before publishing it as a W3C Working Group Note. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20090521a 2009-05-21 An updated Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 Working Draft was published 21 May 2009. The ATAG Working Group expects the next publication to be the Last Call Working Draft. ATAG defines how authoring tools should help Web developers produce Web content that is accessible and conforms to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. ATAG also defines how to make authoring tools accessible so that people with disabilities can use them. WAI encourages you to review ATAG 2.0 and submit any comments. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20090428a 2009-04-28 WAI has published an updated Working Draft of Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Schema. This document provides the formal schema of EARL 1.0, a vocabulary to express test results. EARL is a format to exchange, combine, and analyze results from different evaluation tools. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20090311a 2009-03-11 WAI has published an updated User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 Working Draft. 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 any comments, particularly on keyboard accessibility and defining Web applications as user agents. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20090310a 2009-03-10 WAI has published Pointer Methods in RDF as a First Public Working Draft. This document provides a framework for representing pointers to identify locations in content or portions of content, using Resource Description Framework (RDF). It is a companion to Evaluation and Report Language (EARL), a format to exchange, combine, and analyze results from different evaluation tools. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20090224b 2009-02-24 WAI has published the Last Call Working Draft of WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications technical specification. This Last Call is provided for public review of the document with all resolutions from previous comments incorporated. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20090224a 2009-02-24 WAI has published the First Public Working Draft of the WAI-ARIA User Agent Implementation Guide that describes how browsers and other user agents should support the Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) technical specification, particularly how they should expose WAI-ARIA features to platform accessibility APIs. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20090217a 2009-02-17 An updated Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 Working Draft that is synchronized with the finalized WCAG 2.0 was published 17 February 2009. ATAG defines how authoring tools should help Web developers produce Web content that is accessible and conforms to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. ATAG also defines how to make authoring tools accessible so that people with disabilities can use them. WAI encourages you to review ATAG 2.0 and submit any comments. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20081124a 2008-11-24 An updated Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 Working Draft was published 24 November 2008. ATAG defines how authoring tools should help Web developers produce Web content that is accessible and conforms to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). ATAG also defines how to make authoring tools accessible so that people with disabilities can use them. WAI encourages you to review ATAG 2.0 and submit any comments. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20081103a 2008-11-03 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 was published as a W3C Proposed Recommendation on 3 November 2008. This means that the technical material of WCAG 2.0 is complete and it has been implemented in real sites. The next stage is the final publication, which is expected in December 2008. Please see additional information in: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080930a 2008-09-30 Since publishing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 as a Candidate Recommendation, the WCAG Working Group has been collecting and evaluating implementations (that is, examples of how real Web sites meet WCAG 2.0). We have implementations for almost all success criteria, and need a few more. For an updated list of implementations needed, see the Update in the WCAG 2 FAQ. http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080908a 2008-09-08 The Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group today published Representing Content in RDF as a First Public Working Draft, and an updated Working Draft of HTTP Vocabulary in RDF. These documents are companions to Evaluation and Report Language (EARL), a format to exchange, combine, and analyze results from different evaluation tools. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080806a 2008-08-06 WAI has published an updated Working Draft of WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications technical specification. We especially request review of how WAI-ARIA is implemented in host languages, such as HTML, XHTML, and SVG. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080729a 2008-07-29 WAI has just published an updated draft of Shared Web Experiences: Barriers Common to Mobile Device Users and People with Disabilities. This document is particularly useful for demonstrating the overlap between accessible and mobile-friendly Web content, for developing a business case for accessibility, and for more efficiently developing your Web site for both accessibility and mobile devices. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080707b 2008-07-07 Web Accessibility: WCAG 2.0 at a Glance provides a summary of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. We welcome your comments on this draft, preferably by 15 July 2008. (2008-07-07) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080707a 2008-07-07 Web sites can be designed more efficiently to be accessible for people with disabilities and also for people using mobile devices when developers understand the significant overlap between the two design goals and guidelines. W3C recently published updated material describing this overlap. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080528a 2008-05-28 Updated Editors' Drafts of the WAI-ARIA documents are now publicly available so that anyone can follow how issues are being addressed in the draft WAI-ARIA specification. These documents are works-in-progress, not official "Public Working Drafts". Please see more information in the Updated WAI-ARIA Editors' Drafts Now Publicly Available e-mail. (2008-05-28) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080514a 2008-05-14 The WAI-AGE Project (Ageing Education and Harmonisation) focuses on education and outreach regarding the requirements of people with Web accessibility needs related to ageing. One of the WAI-AGE project deliverables is Web Accessibility for Older Users: A Literature Review, which was published on 14 March as a First Public Working Draft. WAI encourages you to review this draft and submit any comments by 4 June 2008, if possible. http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080430a 2008-04-30 We are excited to announce that Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) was published as a W3C Candidate Recommendation on 30 April 2008. The Candidate Recommendation stage means that there is broad consensus on the technical content, and W3C invites you to implement WCAG 2.0. Please see additional information in: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080325a 2008-03-25 WAI mourns the passing of John Slatin, who was Co-Chair of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group in 2005 and 2006. Through his persistence, patience, and keen insight, John contributed greatly to the field of accessibility, especially to the development of WCAG 2.0. He will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his colleagues at W3C/WAI and in the broader accessibility community. For more information, see the e-mail thread: Sad news regarding John Slatin, highly-regarded Web accessibility expert and advocate. (2008-03-25) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080313a 2008-03-13 The First Public Working Draft of User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 was published 12 March 2008. UAAG explains how to make browsers and media players accessible to people with disabilities, and how to make them work better with assistive technologies. UAAG 2.0 will address more advanced Web technologies than UAAG 1.0. WAI encourages you to review UAAG 2.0 and submit any comments. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080310a 2008-03-10 Updated Working Drafts of Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 and Implementation Techniques for ATAG 2.0 were published 10 March 2008. WAI encourages you to review these documents and submit any comments. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080305b 2008-03-05 The WCAG Working Group has addressed most of the comments received on the second Last Call Working Draft of WCAG 2.0, and is currently finalizing replies to commenters and preparing for the "Candidate Recommendation" stage in the W3C Process. See: "March 2008 Update: Moving WCAG 2.0 to the next stage" in the WCAG 2 FAQ. (2008-03-05) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080305a 2008-03-05 Recent interviews with Shadi Abou-Zahra and Shawn Lawton Henry are available online: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080204a 2008-02-04 WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite, defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps with dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies. http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20080122a 2008-01-22 There is significant overlap between designing Web sites to be accessible to people with disabilities and designing Web sites to be usable on a mobile device. When developers understand this overlap, they can more efficiently meet both goals. On 22 January, W3C published material describing this overlap. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20071211a 2007-12-11 A Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) second Last Call Working Draft and updated supporting documents were published 11 December 2007. This Last Call is provided for public review of the document with all resolutions from previous comments incorporated. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20071031c 2007-10-31 User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) provides guidance on designing Web browsers, media players, assistive technologies, and other 'user agents' to increase accessibility of the Web to people with disabilities. Plans for new work on a second generation of UAAG was published in the UAAG 2.0 Requirements Working Draft on 31 October 2007. WAI encourages you to review this document, submit any comments, and consider participating in the UAAG Working Group. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20071031b 2007-10-31 "About WCAG 2.0 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines" is a presentation that covers the benefits of WCAG 2.0, shortcuts for using WCAG 2.0, how it differs from WCAG 1.0, and related topics. The presentation "slides" and extensive notes are designed for presenters to use for their own presentations. It's also available for anyone who wants to learn about WCAG 2.0. See Instructions for the "About WCAG 2.0" Presentation. (2007-10-31) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20071031a 2007-10-31 The WCAG Working Group is completing resolution of comments on the latest WCAG 2.0 Public Working Draft documents. In November 2007 they plan to send responses on each comment, asking for reply from the reviewer. The Working Group plans to publish a second WCAG 2.0 Last Call Working Draft in December 2007, before moving on to the next stages. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20071019a 2007-10-19 W3C WAI's work on accessibility of Ajax, DHTML, and other application technologies includes the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite (WAI-ARIA). Updated Working Drafts of WAI-ARIA documents were published 19 October 2007. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070816a 2007-08-16 Learn how the WCAG 2.0 Working Draft differs from WCAG 1.0, get shortcuts for using WCAG 2.0, and hear answers to common questions on W3C WAI's work in Shawn Henry's presentation to the Yahoo! User Interface Developer Network. Shawn also addresses the role of browsers and authoring tools in Web accessibility, and combining standards and usability techniques to optimize accessibility. See video with audio and slides, and text transcript. (2007-08-16) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070727a 2007-07-27 The WCAG Working Group received many constructive comments on the May 2007 WCAG 2.0 Working Drafts. They separated the comments into about 450 issues, ranging from minor edits to technical issues. In the first two weeks of July, the Working Group had eight half-day worksessions where they addressed about 150 of those issues and started work on another 100. See the "Update July 2007" section of the WCAG 2 FAQ for more... (2007-07-27) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070711a 2007-07-11 As part of the Mitsue-Links "Meet the Professionals" video series, Shawn Henry of W3C WAI talks with Kazuhito Kidachi about shared responsibilities between web site developers, browsers, and assistive technologies; the importance of different types of authoring tools supporting accessibility; how WCAG 2.0 and WAI-ARIA address the more difficult aspects of Web accessibility; WAI's outreach resources; and what led Shawn to accessibility years ago. See video with English audio and Japanese subtitles, and text transcripts. (2007-07-11) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070601a 2007-06-01 W3C WAI's work on accessibility of Ajax, DHTML, and other application technologies includes the Accessibility for Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) Suite. Updated Working Drafts of the WAI-ARIA Suite documents were published 1 June 2007. WAI encourages you to review these documents and submit any comments. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070517a 2007-05-17 Updated Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) Working Draft documents were published 17 May 2007. These documents incorporate resolutions to comments from the 2006 Last Call Working Draft. WAI encourages you to review the WCAG 2.0 Working Draft and submit any new comments. Please see the additional information in: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070507a 2007-05-07 Judy Brewer discusses WCAG 2.0 status and upcoming drafts with Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force member Jared Smith. See Interview with Judy Brewer. (2007-05-07) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070404a 2007-04-04 WCAG 2.0 primary points, current status, and Web accessibility resources from W3C WAI are topics covered in new handouts that you can use for conferences and presentations. The handouts direct readers to the updated WCAG 2 FAQ, How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process, and other documents. See http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20070323a 2007-03-23 Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) is a format to exchange, combine, and analyze results from different evaluation tools and checkers. EARL 1.0 Schema Last Call Working Draft and HTTP Vocabulary in RDF Working Draft were published 23 March 2007. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20061220b 2006-12-20 W3C WAI's work on accessibility of AJAX, DHTML, and other application technologies includes the Accessibility for Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) Suite. Updated Working Drafts of the WAI-ARIA Suite documents were published 20 December 2006. WAI encourages you to review these documents and submit any comments. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20061219a 2006-12-20 The W3C Authorized Catalan Translation of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 is now available. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20061207a 2006-12-07 An updated Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 Working Draft was published 7 December 2006. WAI encourages you to review this document and submit any comments. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20060927a 2006-09-27 Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) is a format to exchange, combine, and analyze results from different Web accessibility evaluation tools. EARL 1.0 Schema Working Draft was published 27 September 2006. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20060926a 2006-09-26 W3C WAI's work on accessibility of AJAX, DHTML, and other rich Internet application technologies is published as First Public Working Drafts. WAI encourages review and comments. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20060720a 2006-07-20 W3C WAI has been appointed to the Advisory Committee for the revision of U.S. Section 255 guidelines and Section 508 standards, which include Web accessibility. WAI looks forward to continuing to coordinate with organizations around the world to develop harmonized standards for Web accessibility. Additional information is available in the U.S. Access Board article: Board Names Advisory Committee for 508 Standards Update. (2006-07-20) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20060706a 2006-07-06 Shawn Henry discusses WCAG 2.0 with UK UPA president Giles Colborne: transcript and audio files. (2006-07-06) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20060530a 2006-05-30 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) Last Call Working Draft and supporting documents were published 27 April 2006. WAI encourages you to review these documents and submit any comments. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20060427a 2006-04-27 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) Last Call Working Draft and supporting documents were published 27 April 2006. WAI encourages you to review these documents and submit any comments. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20051125a 2005-11-25 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) Working Draft documents were published 23 November 2005. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20051125b 2005-11-25 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (ATAG 2.0) Working Draft documents were published 22 November 2005. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20050920a 2005-09-20 Registration is open for the Web Accessibility Evaluation Training — WAI-TIES Best Practices Exchange on 25 October 2005 in St. Augustin, Germany. (2005-09-20) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20050915a 2005-09-15 Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) is a format to exchange, combine, and analyze results from different Web accessibility evaluation tools. EARL 1.0 Schema Working Draft was published 9 September 2005. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20050912a 2005-09-12 WAI's recently updated "Introduction to Web Accessibility" addresses key issues of making the Web accessible, including: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20050906a 2005-09-06 W3C responded to a US Copyright Office notice asking about making an application work only through a single Web browser. W3C comments explain that "requiring use of a particular software product for accessing Copyright Office services... could put Web users with disabilities at a significant disadvantage." (2005-09-06) http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20050722a 2005-07-22 WAI's new Web site has been carefully designed to make it easier for you to find information on making the Web accessible to people with disabilities. http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x2005617c 2005-07-22 Web content is created by many different types of tools these days: Web log (blog) comment features, Wikis for editing Web pages, content management systems (CMS), e-mail archivers, word processors, and more. http://www.w3.org/WAI/Overview.html#x20050630a 2005-06-30 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) Working Draft documents were published 30 June 2005. See: