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New Developments in Web Accessibility Created by / Eric Eggert @yatil

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Fronteers Jam Session Talk by Eric Eggert, W3C/WAI. 2014-10-09

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New Developments in WebAccessibility

Created by / Eric Eggert @yatil

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I’m now with the W3C.That’s the World Wide Web Consortium.

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„Web AccessibilitySpecialist“

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We’ve got the power!

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Design Improvements

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UI Improvements

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Usability Improvements

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This makes a huge difference for all users.

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Accessibility Improvements?

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Whenever you don’t thinkabout accessibility, youactively exclude people.

Please be aware of this.

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You!… can make a difference.

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We can help you.

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We provide resources.

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A lot of resources.

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Understanding Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

2.0& Techniques for WCAG 2.0

Literally hundreds of techniques, for example for HTML,

CSS, JavaScript, …

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We want to lower barriers toentry.

For users and developers .

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working draft

EasyChecksHow to check the website for basic accessibility issues.

w3.org/WAI/eval/preliminary

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editor’s draft

Evaluation Tools Listw3c.github.io/wai-eval-tools

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How

People with Disabilities

Use the Webw3.org/WAI/intro/people-use-web

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Before and After Demo(BAD)

w3.org/WAI/demos/bad/

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Web AccessibilityTutorials

Now: Images, Tablesw3.org/WAI/tutorials/

Soon: Page Structure, Forms, Carousels, Menusw3c.github.io/wai-tutorials/

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