- From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2021 15:00:40 +0100
- To: public-wai-announce@w3.org
Dear WAI Interest Group Participants, Happy new year! The WAI-Tools Project invites you to its final open meeting, online, on *26 January 20201 from 14:00 to 17:00 Central European Time (CET)*: - https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/projects/wai-tools/final-open-meeting/ This webinar is free, *registration is required* by 21 January 2021. This webinar is for web accessibility practitioners, evaluation and quality assurance tool vendors, website owners, European accessibility monitoring bodies, researchers, end-user representation, and others. Join us in this meeting to learn about: - Latest on Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules - Updates to the Portuguese and Norwegian observatories - WCAG-EM Report Tool and Accessibility Statements Generator We encourage you to participate if you are interested in: - Web accessibility evaluation and testing - Large-scale web accessibility monitoring - Managing the quality assurance process We particularly invite participants involved in related projects and efforts in Europe and internationally, with interest in accessibility conformance testing, including manual and automated testing methods. Background on the WAI-Tools Project: The WAI-Tools Project is co-funded by the European Commission, to help drive web accessibility evaluation and repair through: - Building on the on-going W3C efforts on WCAG Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT); - Ensuring consistent accuracy across automated, semi-automated, and manual testing; - Pursuing leading edge technologies testing, including dynamic and mobile applications; - Leveraging the existing market of commercial, free, and open source evaluation tools; - Demonstrating large-scale accessibility monitoring built on open standards and tools. See more information about the WAI-Tools Project and its deliverables: - https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/projects/wai-tools/ If you have questions, contact Shadi Abou-Zahra: shadi@w3.org Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid cross-postings where possible. Regards, Shadi Abou-Zahra, WAI-Tools Scientific Coordinator -- Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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