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New and Improved WCAG 2.0 Techniques
Today W3C WAI published updated Techniques for WCAG 2.0 and Understanding WCAG 2.0, following a public review and comment period. The WCAG Working Group is developing more techniques and would like your help...
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Make Your Presentations Accessible to All
Do you remember a time when people around you broke out in laughter, but you didn't hear the joke? You could be doing a similar thing to your audience — leaving some people out.... Read on to learn how to make presentations, talks, meetings, and training accessible to all of your potential audience, including people with disabilities and others...
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- disabilities
- presentations
- slideshow
- training
- workshop
The Mission of W3C
I've now been with W3C for almost three months. My first priority was to meet with the global stakeholders of the organization. I began with W3C membership. Through meetings, phone calls, technical conferences, and informal sessions I've met upwards of...
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Take a few minutes to encourage web accessibility. You can make a difference.
What do you do when you come across an inaccessible website?.... WAI just published: Contacting Organizations about Inaccessible Websites. It walks through steps, provides lots of tips, and includes sample e-mails...
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Share Resources Supporting the Web Accessibility Business Case
W3C WAI today published a collection of statistics, case studies, and articles supporting the business case for web accessibility in Resources for Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization.... Would your organization be willing to share your case study to support the business case for web accessibility?...
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- business-case
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Discover new ways of thinking about accessibility
As an employee of the W3C Web standards organization, you might think that I would say the most important thing to start with when addressing web accessibility is standards. I don't. I say the first step is learning how people with disabilities use the web. You might be surprised to learn that is the W3C's advice. We've now got it more clearly in writing, in the new document published today by the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI): Involving Users for Better, Easier Accessibility and...
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- older-users
- people-with-disabilities
- users
W3C Cheatsheet for developers
Yesterday, as part of the W3C Technical Plenary day, I got the opportunity to introduce a new tool that I had been working on over the past few weeks, the W3C Cheatsheet for Web developers. This cheatsheet aims at providing...
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Let's Make Every Day One Web Day!
Today is One Web Day! Since 1994 W3C has sought to ensure the Web is available to all people, from anywhere, on any device. Today I'd like to invite people to help build One Web by: Learning about the Web...
WCAG 2.0 in your mother tongue
I come from Egypt, live in Austria, work in France, and when I start speaking, some people think I'm American. I speak fluent German and English, but no matter what I do, some expressions and thoughts will always be easier...
JavaScript required for basic textual info? TRY AGAIN
Sam says he's Online and Airborne. "Needless to say, this is seriously cool." I'll say! But when I follow the link to details from the service provider, I get:Sorry. You must have JavaScript enabled to view this page. Click the...
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- web-architecture
