Re: [draft - sending Tuesday] Invitation to contribute to accessibility materials - low vision, @@, and more

Dear APA friends,

Shawn reached out to WAI regarding promoting CGs, and her email reminded me
of the importance of community groups -- they can be super important to a
W3C WG/TF when they are active. I took a look at what community groups
overtly are committed to accessibility. and could assist and support our
activities.

Sharing this as it might assist us in many different ways. For example, we
can drop into a CG meeting when we are evangelizing our spec, or looking
for implementors.

I left off those that include A11Y in a laundry list of concerns, like
e-gov for example. So here, out of the 375 groups listed on the page, are
those most devoted to A11Y issues as per their group description, sorted
roughly in size order.

   - Silver, https://www.w3.org//community/silver/ (2017) [216]
   - Accessible Online Learning, https://www.w3.org//community/accesslearn/
   (2015) [133]
   - Accessibility in India,
   https://www.w3.org//community/accessibilityinindia/ (2013) [118]
   - ACT Rules, https://www.w3.org//community/act-r/ (2019) [90]
   - ARIA and Assistive Technologies, https://www.w3.org//community/aria-at/
   (2018) [77]
   - WAI-Engage: Web Accessibility,
   https://www.w3.org//community/wai-engage/ (2012) [76]
   - Cognitive Accessibility, https://www.w3.org//community/coga-community/
   (2021) [69]
   - CSS Accessibility, https://www.w3.org//community/cssacc/ (2011) [48]
   - Accessible Infographics, https://www.w3.org//community/infographics/
   (2011) [45]
   - Mobile Accessibility, https://www.w3.org//community/mobileacc/ (2012)
   [40]
   - Accessible SVG, https://www.w3.org//community/svga11y/ (2013) [39]
   - Chinese Web Accessibility, https://www.w3.org//community/cnwa/ (2013)
   [32]
   - Accessibility Features, https://www.w3.org//community/a11yfeat/ (2021)
   [29]
   - Linked Data for Accessibility, https://www.w3.org//community/lda/
   (2020) [26]
   - Accessibility for Children,
   https://www.w3.org//community/accessibility4children/ (2019) [25]
   - Synchronized Multimedia for Publications,
   https://www.w3.org//community/sync-media-pub/ (2018) [22]
   - Colour blindness accessibility,
   https://www.w3.org//community/colourblindness/ (2014) [20]
   - Accessible Playlist, https://www.w3.org//community/playlist-a11y/
   (2016) [11]
   - Haptic Interaction on the Web,
   https://www.w3.org//community/webhaptics/ (2013) [11]
   - WebApps UI, https://www.w3.org//community/webapps-ui/ (2012) [13]
   - Inclusive Design for the Immersive Web,
   https://www.w3.org//community/idiw/ (2020) [10]
   - Nordic Accessibility,
   https://www.w3.org//community/nordic-accessibility/ (2022) [7]
   - Low Vision, https://www.w3.org//community/low-vision/ (2022) [7]
   - Accessibility Discoverability Vocabulary for Schema.org,
   https://www.w3.org//community/a11y-discov-vocab/ (2021) [9]

- Lionel

PS There is one for Webauthn which we are looking at regarding Captcha, so
I joined.
If you want to see the whole list, go here:
https://www.w3.org/community/groups/

- Lionel




Lionel Wolberger
COO, UserWay Inc.
lionel@userway.org
UserWay.org <http://userway.org/>
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On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 2:10 PM Wilco Fiers <wilco.fiers@deque.com> wrote:

> Ohhh, that's a great idea. We should definitely do that more often. Here's
> one:
>
> ACT Rules Community Group is working on improving consistency between
> manual and automated WCAG testers. If you're interested in discussing WCAG
> edge cases, or influencing how accessibility tools test, this is the group
> for you. Email Daniel Montalvo at <dmontalvo@w3.org>. You can join the
> Group from the "JOIN OR LEAVE THIS GROUP" button on: <
> https://www.w3.org/community/act-r/>.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 9:43 PM Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi WAI folks,
>>
>> Do you want your recruiting to be included in this message? If so, please
>> send me brief, specific text for a short paragraph such as below.
>>
>> I welcome any comments on the draft below.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> ~Shawn
>>
>> -------
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Several groups working on accessibility at W3C Web Accessibility
>> Initiative (WAI) could use additional input from different perspectives.
>> For example:
>>
>> *Low Vision Community Group* needs contributors with experience or
>> interest in low vision accessibility. For example, UI designers, technical
>> editors, and users with low vision. If you have questions, e-mail Jonathan
>> Avila and Shawn Lawton Henry at  <group-lvtf-plan@w3.org>. You can join
>> the Group from the "JOIN OR LEAVE THIS GROUP" button on: <
>> https://www.w3.org/community/low-vision/>
>>
>> *@@* ...
>>
>> Participation is voluntary (unpaid) and often requires at least 2-4
>> hours/week.
>>
>> To learn more see:
>> * Participating in WAI
>>         https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/participating/
>> * What We're Working On - Accessibility Activities and Publications
>>         https://www.w3.org/WAI/update/
>>
>> Thanks much!
>> ~Shawn Lawton Henry, W3C Accessibility Education and Outreach
>> <http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/>
>>
>>
>
> --
> *Wilco Fiers*
> Axe-core & Axe-linter product owner - WCAG 3 Project Manager - Facilitator
> ACT Task Force
>
>
>