Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Slides

Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

The Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) HTML slides provide an introduction to Web accessibility, the World Wide Web Consortium, and the Web Accessibility Initiative.

The slides answer the following Web accessibility questions:

• What is Web accessibility?
• Why is Web accessibility important for people with and without disabilities?
• What is the World Wide Web Consortium doing to address Web accessibility?
• What resources are available to help make Web sites and Web applications accessible?
• What actions are useful in promoting Web accessibility?

How to Use the HTML Slides

The four buttons — — at the top right of each slide (except the Table of Contents slide) control the slides as follows:

Button	Action	Access Key
	Go to previous slide	P
	Go to contents list	C
	Toggle through six choices of font size and font/background color	S
	Go to next slide	N

Using the Slides for Presentations

W3C grants permission to use the Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) slides in presentations according to the copyright and document use policies of W3C.

Reference the slides as follows:

Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative, J. Brewer, et al., ed., World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), June 2004. http://www.w3.org/Talks/WAI-Intro/overview.html

The following tools can be used to create a local copy of the slides:

• W3C Slidemaker Tool
• all.htm file used by Slidemaker

Who Develops the WAI Overview Slides

The Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative slides were created by Judy Brewer and participants of the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG). Comments are welcome at wai-eo-editors@w3.org.