Meeting agenda for 1 November 2017

Meeting Logistics

  *   Time: Wednesday, 1 November 2017 at 9:00am Boston time (1300 UTC).
  *   Please see the teleconference details on the Web page at https://www.w3.org/2017/08/telecon-info_rqtf<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2017%2F08%2Ftelecon-info_rqtf&data=02%7C01%7Cjjwhite%40ets.org%7Cc6386a5d695b48381e2b08d4e9c9bdf2%7C0ba6e9b760b34fae92f37e6ddd9e9b65%7C0%7C0%7C636390500081136350&sdata=tMbgHiF%2FsGbhSVPJjjVdIrKZsHWU6eTHTmzw6gNjf5E%3D&reserved=0>

Introduction
The primary purpose of this meeting is to continue our discussion of accessibility issues and opportunities associated with the Web of Things, informed by the recent report by Hollier, McRae, Ellis and Kent, Internet of Things (IoT) Education: Implications for Students with Disabilities.
Thanks are owed to Scott Hollier for sharing his research findings and for discussing them in the context of W3C activity.
Agenda

  1.  The Web of Things - accessibility considerations (discussion continuation).
  2.  Updates: APA meetings at TPAC, CAPTCHA research, and other topics.

References
Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group wiki page on the Web of Things:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/wiki/Web_of_Things
D. George et al. A generative vision model that trains with high data efficiency and breaks text-based CAPTCHAs
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/10/26/science.aag2612
Please also see the draft virtual reality synopsis on the wiki page at
https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/task-forces/research-questions/wiki/Accessibility_of_Virtual_Reality
The current public working draft of the specification under development by the Web Authentication Working Group is as follows.
Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials Level 1
https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/




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