{"id":3,"date":"2014-11-27T13:17:27","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T13:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/community\/colourblindness\/?p=3"},"modified":"2014-11-27T13:17:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T13:17:27","slug":"call-for-participation-in-colour-blindness-accessibility-community-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/community\/colourblindness\/2014\/11\/27\/call-for-participation-in-colour-blindness-accessibility-community-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Participation in Colour blindness accessibility Community Group"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Colour blindness accessibility Community Group<\/a> has been launched:<\/p>\n

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The aim of our project is to build new HTML5 specifications that can be used later by developers who wish to create more accessible websites for colour-blind people. The goal is that the specifications, that we are going to suggest, will one day become a standard of HTML5.<\/p>\n

According to the WHO, 246 millions of people worldwide suffer from colour blindness. Just like everyone else, colour-blind people use the Internet for professional and private purposes. However, they often encounter problems. Our challenge is to improve their situation by providing easy-to-use HTML5 specifications to developers.<\/p>\n

To understand, define and bring solutions to colour-blind people who interact with web interfaces, we are going to conduct user tests with them based on the eye tracking technology. This will allow us to define a corpus of usability rules, according to the level of deficiency of the colour-blind persons. These rules will help us to develop solutions, validate them with other user tests and later develop HTML5 specifications that can be used in CSS.<\/p>\n

The challenge is not only helping developers with easy-to-use HTML5 markups, but also make them aware of the situation and together build a better Internet with more accessible websites.<\/p>\n

Feel free to join this group if you:<\/p>\n

* are suffering from colour-blindness
\n* or have field experience developing accessibility solutions for the colour-blind or other visual impairment
\n* or have experience working with a previous submission to the W3C.<\/p>\n

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In order to join the group<\/a>, you will need a W3C account<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is a community initiative. This group was originally proposed on 2014-11-24 by R\u00e9my Saint Cricq. The following people supported its creation: R\u00e9my Saint Cricq, Doug Schepers, Anna Nowak, Alexandre Plennevaux, Beno\u00eet Vanderose. W3C’s hosting of this group does not imply endorsement of the activities.<\/p>\n

The group must now choose a chair<\/a>. Read more about how to get started in a new group<\/a> and good practice for running a group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We invite you to share news of this new group in social media and other channels.<\/p>\n

If you believe that there is an issue with this group that requires the attention of the W3C staff, please email us at site-comments@w3.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Thank you,
\nW3C Community Development Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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