WCAG theme song hits the charts

Hey Folks
The WCAG theme song is set to become a worldwide hit - well sort of.
ACB Radio in the UK features blind broadcasters in eight countries,
broadcasting to a world wide audience in over 70 countries. People listen to
ACB Radio using free software on their computer. http://www.acbradio.org 
I sent them a link to the WCAG theme and they wrote back.
"Hi David, We love it!  With your permission we would very much like to add
it to the ACB Radio Cafe rotation?"
So we have a new marketing technique for the WCAG Guidelines! 
The MP3 song is for download at:
http://www.davidmacd.com/web_pages/wcag_theme.htm 
David MacDonald
Access Empowers People...
       ...Barriers Disable Them
         www.eramp.com 


-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Caldwell [mailto:caldwell@trace.wisc.edu] 
Sent: September 23, 2003 11:27 PM
To: 'Wendy A Chisholm'; 'David MacDonald'
Cc: 'Michael Cooper'

Hi guys,

This sounds great to me. Probably a good idea to move the focus to
implementation testing and draw out the rest in that context.

Let me know what I can do to help,

-Ben

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wendy A Chisholm [mailto:wendy@w3.org] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:06 PM
> To: David MacDonald
> Cc: 'Michael Cooper'; 'Ben Caldwell'
> Subject: RE: CSUN paper
> 
> 
> Hello David,
> This is an interesting start. Nice diagram. It leaves out 
> authoring tools, 
> authoring tool developers and users (users have to know about 
> the tools 
> they can use and then use them).
> 
> Michael and I talked today about the implementation testing idea and 
> Michael had the brilliant idea that we could couch some of 
> our "grievances" 
> with technologies within the larger context of implementation 
> testing.  This will also give us the opportunity to provide 
> an update on 
> WCAG 2.0, explain techniques, and encourage participation in 
> implementation 
> testing.  We can also throw in several of our other messages 
> w/out making 
> them the central focus of a paper.
> 
> I've got notes and will create an outline. How is that sounding?
> 
> --wendy
> 
> At 05:31 PM 9/23/2003, David MacDonald wrote:
> 
> >Hi All
> >
> >Here's a rough draft of a proposal:
> >
> >The delicate dynamics and interplay between web standards, 
> web developers, 
> >and manufacturers of user agents has both propelled the 
> evolution of an 
> >accessible web and simultaneously inhibited this evolution.  
> The three 
> >partners can work together to for synergistic effects but 
> sometimes lack 
> >of coordination between the players has hindered the web 
> from becoming all 
> >it can be for the disability community.  The future success 
> of efforts 
> >towards an accessible web will require careful examination and 
> >willingness, and cooperation on the part of all stakeholders 
> in the web 
> >accessibility triangle.
> >
> >6b3afbd.jpg
> >
> >Description of diagram: The circle represents an accessible 
> web.  The 
> >triangle inside it represents the relationship between the 
> three players 
> >(AT developers, Web Developers and User Agent Manufacturers).
> >
> >As the technical sub committee to the Web Content 
> Accessibility Guidelines 
> >working group (WCAG) developed the technical documents in 
> support of the 
> >new WCAG 2.0 it came up against difficult questions such as:
> >
> >When is to less productive to educate a web community of 
> thousands of 
> >developers on specific technical accessibility glitches than 
> to contact a 
> >small number of AT manufacturers to find a solution?  When 
> should a User 
> >Agent accommodate an accessibility hole and when should the web 
> >development community take on this responsibility?
> >
> >In this interactive seminar, representatives of the WCAG 
> technical sub 
> >committe will examine issues such as these, giving specific 
> examples of 
> >technical issues that came up during the drafting of the 
> WCAG technical 
> >document supporting the new WCAG 2.0 Guidelines.
> >
> >The presenters are:
> >
> >W3C: Wendy Chisholm; (Bio)
> >Trace: Ben Caldwell (Bio)
> >Watchfire Inc.:  (Manufacturer of Bobby): Michael Cooper (Bio)
> >E-Ramp Inc. : David MacDonald (Accessibility consultant)
> >
> >David MacDonald has a wide knowledge of the assistive technology 
> >field.  He helped build the Accessibility Procurement 
> Toolkit for Industry 
> >Canada. <http://www.apt.gc.ca/>www.apt.gc.ca  He contributed 
> to a study 
> >for the National Research Council (NRC) on the interface 
> between computers 
> >and disabled employees and has provided accommodation for 
> disabled workers 
> >at the Canadian Space Agency, Ontario Disability Support 
> Program, the 
> >RCMP, and is a beta tester for several disability software 
> companies.  He 
> >has a Patent Pending on a zero force keyboard for persons with 
> >disabilities that has been recommended US National Job Accommodation 
> >Network (JANCANA). He also developed the lowest priced, 
> non-hand operated, 
> >mouse available to disabled computer operators by adapting a Cirque 
> >PowerCat Touchpad (mouse) for use with the toe.   David has overcome 
> >disability in his own life and has lectured on computer access and 
> >workstation ergonomics across Canada and has written for Abilities 
> >Magazine.  He is a member of the Association of Canadian 
> Ergonomists and 
> >is working for E-Ramp Inc., which consults to the Federated 
> Architecture 
> >Plan (FAP) at the Canadian Federal Government Treasury Board 
> Secretariat. 
> ><http://www.e-ramp.com/>www.e-ramp.com
> >
> >
> >
> >Just a thought
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >=========================
> >
> >
> >
> >Access Empowers People...
> >
> >        ...Barriers Disable Them
> >
> >
> >
> >         www.eramp.com
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Wendy A Chisholm [mailto:wendy@w3.org]
> >Sent: September 23, 2003 2:21 PM
> >To: michaelc@watchfire.com; Ben Caldwell; befree@magma.ca
> >
> >
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >
> >
> >Any thoughts about a CSUN paper?  Is there a way that we can 
> pull together
> >
> >the ideas we had at dinner in Toronto into something that 
> wouldn't piss off
> >
> >too many tool developers?
> >
> >
> >
> >Otherwise, what about "implementation testing of WCAG 2.0?"
> >
> >
> >
> >--wendy
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >
> >wendy a chisholm
> >
> >world wide web consortium
> >
> >web accessibility initiative
> >
> >http://www.w3.org/WAI/
> >
> >/--
> >
> >
> >
> 
> -- 
> wendy a chisholm
> world wide web consortium
> web accessibility initiative
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/
> /-- 
>

Received on Wednesday, 24 September 2003 07:26:08 UTC