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Web Accessibility - Whos Who
Andrew Arch - Vision Australia Foundation
World Wide Web Consortium
- Founded in October 1994
- W3C's mission is to lead the Web to its full potential,
which it does by developing technologies (specifications,
guidelines, software, and tools) that will create a forum for
information, commerce, inspiration, independent thought, and
collective understanding.
W3C goals & operating principles
- Universal Access
- Semantic Web
- Trust
- Interoperability
- Evolvability
- Decentralisation
- Cooler Multimedia
Trace Center
- University of Wisconsin
- Mission:
- To prevent the barriers and capitalize on the
opportunities presented by current and emerging technologies,
in order to create a world that is as accessible and usable
as possible for as many people as possible.
CAST
- Is an educational, not-for-profit organization that uses
technology to expand opportunities for all people, including
those with disabilities
- Bobby
- provided to help Web page authors identify and repair
significant barriers to access by individuals with
disabilities
University of Toronto
- Adaptive Technology Resource Centre
- Advancing technology to meet challenges faced by people
with disabilities
- R&D
- Computer-Mediated Access to Teaching, Learning and
Publications
- Alternative Computer Display and Control Methods
- Access to the World Wide Web
ATRC
- Evaluation of web authoring tools
- W3C Web Authoring Tool Working Group
- A-Prompt
- Joint collaboration with TRACE
- Evaluation and Repair tool
National Centre for Accessible Media
- Dedicated to achieving media access equality for people
with disabilities
- Research
- Captioning and description
- Access to convergent media
- Access to rich media
- Magpie media access generator
Temple University
- Institute on Disabilities
- For people without disabilities, technology makes things
easier. For people with disabilities, technology makes things
possible.
- The Wave
- Helps you check if your page is accessible to people with
disabilities
IMS Global Learning Consortium
- Developing and promoting open specifications for
facilitating online distributed learning activities
- Guidelines for developing accessible learning
applications
Australia
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
- Online Council of Ministers
- Disability Organisations
- Industry Organisations
- Usability Firms
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