Re: New member would love a primer

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On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 6:49 AM Gunderson, Jon R <jongund@illinois.edu>
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> Hi Matthew,
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> Welcome to the group and your interest in improving how assistive
> technology uses ARIA markup.
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> The goal of the group is to provide feedback to Assistive Technology
> companies, primarily screen readers right now, on how their current use of
> ARIA information effects the user experience and to help web development
> teams understand the current state of how ARIA markup actually effects the
> experience of screen reader users using coding examples from the ARIA
> Authoring Practices (APG).
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> The group is developing test cases using the APG examples and expected
> results on screen readers interacting with the examples in browse and
> interactive modes.
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> The group will help define gaps in the usage of ARIA information or
> inconsistencies between browse and interactive modes.
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> Hope this helps, are you able to attend the meeting today?
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> Is your company a W3C member?
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> Jon
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> *From:* Matthew Kreiling <kreiling@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 28, 2021 8:49 PM
> *To:* public-aria-at@w3.org
> *Subject:* New member would love a primer
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> Hello,
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> I just signed up for the group in my capacity as a front-end developer
> with a strong interest in accessibility.
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> I have been developing for about 11 years, the last 6 of them designing
> and developing components, primarily in the Vue framework for a large state
> government agency (WA State Dept. of Labor and Industries).
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> I think I can contribute to these efforts if I could absorb some
> background and understand what types of gaps I might be able to help bridge.
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> Would anyone be able to point me towards some conversations or otherwise
> help me understand the background, outcomes, goals, vision, and challenges
> of this group?
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> Thanks!
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> *Matthew Kreiling*
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> We're all in it together.
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