Wireless RERC - W3C

Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines: Call for Testing

mz22 — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:48:31 +0000

November 2013 — W3C announced that the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (ATAG 2.0) have been published as a W3C Candidate Recommendation. ATAG 2.0 provides guidelines for developers to ensure that authoring tools, including “content management systems, learning management systems, HTML editors, blogs, wikis, social media, and development environments,” both produce accessible content and are accessible for people with disabilities. At this stage in the process, W3C encourages all developers to test the recommendations to ensure that they can be implemented in various projects. W3C also requests comments regarding all authoring tools that have met ATAG 2.0 criteria, so that these tools can be mentioned in the ATAG 2.0 Implementation Report. All comments are due by December 7, 2013 and can be sent to mailto:public-atag2-comments@w3.org.

Call For Participants: Cognitive Accessibility Task Force

mz22 — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:37:10 +0000

W3C

Cognitive Disabilities

Cognitive Accessibility Task Force

November 2013 — The newly developed W3C Cognitive Accessibility Task Force is seeking new members. The Task Force, which is a joint effort of the Protocols Formats Working Group (PFWG) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAGWG), will work to provide guidance to ensure that web content is accessible for people with cognitive and learning disabilities. Those interested in joining the Task Force must also be members of either the PFWG or the WCAGWG and can contact The Cognitive Accessibility Task Force for more information.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

mz22 — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:33:59 +0000

Web Accessibility

W3C

For Review: Implementing UAAG 2.0

November 2013 — W3C has issued a request for reviewers for the last call working draft regarding Implementing User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0. The draft provides guidance for designing accessible user agents, which include “web browsers and other types of software that retrieve and render web content.” The updated version of the draft now includes mobile accessibility examples to demonstrate how “web browsers that follow UAAG benefit people with disabilities.” Some examples include individuals who may need to utilize alternative content for images to prevent excessive scrolling or need to set closed captioning as the default for all videos. W3C is now seeking final comments on the draft, which are due by December 16, 2013 to public-uaag2-comments@w3.org.