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This is the working area of the Mobile Accessibility Task Force.

Administrative Resources

• Mailing list archives
• Minutes
• Actions
• All surveys
• Participants

Agenda and Onboarding Documents

• MATF Agenda
• MATF Onboarding

Current Work

• MATF Drive folder
  • How WCAG 2.2 Relates to Mobile and What's Missing spreadsheet
  • Mobile Device Features discussion spreadsheet
  • MATF Research spreadsheet
  • MATF Problems Solutions spreadsheet
  • MATF Constraints spreadsheet
  • Mobile Native Apps and Miniapps discussion spreadsheet
  • Mobile Needs Exercise

Resources & Background Relevant to Current Assignments

• Mobile SC’s Proposals
• Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply to Mobile 2018
• WCAG 2.1

Coordination

(This section is for collecting comment from and informing other groups)

1. WAI Group Coordination - WCAG Wiki Page that the Task Forces all have access to and can use to keep each other informed
2. Task Force Exchange - Outdated
3. Touch Issues in WCAG 2.2.1 keyboard trap - example of extension conflict
4. WCAG Definition of web content and native apps

Delivered

1. Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply to Mobile 2018
2. WCAG 2.1

Archived Work by Topic

2.2 Mobile

• 2.2 Mobile Drive Folder
• WCAC 2.2 Status document
• Mobile SC’s Proposals

2.1 Mobile Contributions

2.1 Understanding and Techniques Proposals

1. Accessible Name Understanding
2. Character Key Shortcuts Understanding
3. Device Sensors Understanding
4. Character Key Shortcuts Technique: Turn off

Resources & Background Relevant to 2.1

1. Mobile Accessibility Note as Published on W3C (Published 26 February 2015)
2. Technique Development Assignments - Chart of existing and proposed Techniques and status (Outdated)
3. WCAG 2.1
4. WCAG Working document: Implementations list

Instructions and Templates Relevant to 2.1

1. WCAG 2.1 Understanding and Techniques Development
2. TEMPLATE for Understanding
3. WCAG Technique Writing Resources
4. TEMPLATE for Techniques

2.0 Mobile Accessibility Note and WCAG Extension

• Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply to Mobile 2018

Older versions of 2.0

1. Mobile Accessibility Note as Published on W3C (Published 26 February 2015)
2. Mobile Accessibility Note Editor's Draft on Github (work from 2015)
3. Mobile Accessibility Note (Github Repository) (Issues) (work from 2015)
4. Mobile Accessibility WCAG Extension (Editor's Draft on Github) (In Progress work, read-only version)
5. Mobile Accessibility WCAG Extension (Github Repository) (In Progress work, link for issues and pull requests)
6. Note: WCAG 2.0 and Mobile Mobile Note (completed)
7. Mobile Accessibility WCAG Extension (Github page) Extension (in progress)

Language update Suggestions for WCAG 2.0

1. Subset of WCAG 2.0 Techniques Applicable to Mobile without Changes that need language update
2. WCAG 2.0 understanding that needs language update

Resources

• Mobile Resources
• List of mobile assistive technologies, and the capabilities and limitations
• Mobile Accessible Website and Applications Examples
• Third-Party Development Tool Platforms
• Resource List Tags

Users

• Personas Resources
• Draft User Survey Questions
• Mobile Accessibility Use Cases
• Keyboard Accessibility Use Cases

Discussions

1. Mobile Accessibility Challenges
2. Keyboard Access/Modality Independent Control/IndieUI
3. Responsive Design
4. Platform Capabilities
5. User Agent Capabilities
6. New_WCAG_2.0_Techniques -- Original discussion of new Mobile Techniques - 2014
7. Proposal for Touch Success Criteria
8. Extended discussion of Touch Success Criteria Proposal
9. Mobile Accessibility Use Cases
10. Keyboard Accessibility Use Cases
11. Mobile A11y Best Practices
12. Summary of Research on Touch/Pointer Target Size
13. HISTORY: Touch and Pointer
14. Touch and Pointer Guideline - WCAG WG Feedback
15. Discussion: Touch and Force Touch

Gap Analysis

• Discussion: BBC Mobile Guidelines
• Discussion: Funka Nu Mobile Accessibility Guidelines
• Discussion: IBM

Techniques

• WCAG 2.0 Techniques Applicable to Mobile without Changes
• Subset of WCAG 2.0 Techniques Applicable to Mobile without Changes that need language update
• Draft Mobile WCAG Techniques
• Draft Understanding WCAG 2.0

Best Practices

• Mobile A11y Best Practices

Preliminary documents for Note

• Perceivable Techniques
• Operable Techniques
• Understandable Techniques
• Robust Techniques
• WCAG Feedback
• Comments on Mobile Accessibility Note 20150226
• Note: Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and UAAG 2.0 Apply to Mobile Devices(Working wiki document for Note before it was moved to Github, now locked)

Assignments Lists Archive

1. Scribe List (Outdated)
2. Assignments (Outdated)
3. Techniques_Resources - (Outdated) Instructions for new Techniques in the wiki
4. Mobile Technique Template - Wiki template for new techniques
5. Technique Development Assignments
6. WCAG 2.1 Success Criteria Submission Requirements and links to proposed SCs

Assignments and Proposals Archive

1. proposed revision of 2.5.3 This is M8 in our new numbering.
2. Failure_of_2.5.3
3. Touch Accessibility (Guideline 2.5)
4. Speech Input Accessibility (Guideline 2.7)
5. Technique: Providing error messages on small screens
6. Technique: M015 Providing a way for users to see page they are on
7. proposed revision of 2.5.4
8. proposed revision of 3.4.1
9. proposed SC on information added or removed from a page
10. Guideline 2.6: Make it easier to use the physical features of the phone.
11. proposed revision/modification/addition to Guideline 2.1 and related SCs to cover touch+AT scenarios
12. Proposed SC Pointer with Assistive Technology This is M5 in our new numbering.
13. Proposed Speech Input M11
14. Proposed Single Key Shortcut Alternative M12a
15. Proposed Speech Command Mechanism M12b
16. Proposed SC Target Size M2
17. Proposed SC Orientation M13 Orientation
18. Extension Notes

Instructions and Templates Archive

1. New Techniques repository on Github
2. Instructions for writing new techniques in Github
3. Wiki Template for proposed guideline/technique/failure
4. HISTORY: Template
5. Coordination Template
6. Proposed SC Template 2016-08-29

Mobile Accessibility Task Force Founding Documents

The Task Force has the following founding documents:

• Mobile A11Y TF page
• Mobile A11Y TF Work Statement
• MATF Deliverables