- From: Chuck Letourneau <cpl@starlingweb.com>
- Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 09:25:57 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Oops... message posted to the wrong list, but you folks might be interested anyway. Chuck At 1/7/00 09:20 AM , Chuck Letourneau wrote: >For the minutes of the January 7, 2000 conference call: > >---------------- > >The Government of Canada, in its continuing effort to make its electronic >information and on-line services accessible to all Canadians, has begun a >pilot project operating a “Web site Accessibility Testing Service”. The >service is sponsored by the Chief Information Officer’s Branch of the >Treasury Board Secretariat, and hosted by the Enabling Resource Centre of >the Public Service Commission. > >GoC Web masters or design teams can make an appointment to watch as persons >using enabling technologies experience their designs under real-world >conditions. Also on hand will be an expert in accessible Web site design >to advise the client on how to make their designs conform to the Treasury >Board’s and W3C’s guidelines for universal accessibility. > >Provisions will be made for the evaluation team to be mobile should a >client’s design reside on a department’s Intranet server or in an otherwise >secure environment. > >The service, located in downtown Ottawa, will only be available to local >GoC organizations during the pilot phase. However, since the Enabling >Resource Centre is fully equipped as a teleconference site, this service >has the potential to be rolled out across the country. > >-------------- >Chuck >---- >Starling Access Services > "Access A World Of Possibility" > e-mail: info@starlingweb.com > URL: http://www.starlingweb.com > Phone: 613-820-2272 FAX: 613-820-6983 >
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