- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 18:03:24 -0500 (EST)
- To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- cc: "Thomas, Cassandra" <CThomas@gigaweb.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
The E-Europe Initiative commits all The European Parliament and its members to ensure that all their own Web Content meets WCAG double-A conformance within a couple of years (I forget the exact date). I don't have figures on what that market is worth, but it isn't small... Again, Accessibility is generally important to the Education market, and again I don't have figures. Cheers Charles McCN On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Kynn Bartlett wrote: At 09:47 AM 1/12/2001 , you wrote: >IHas anyone seen any new numbers on what the size of the accessibility >market and/or anyone seen any numbers on the potential market size for >accessibility testing tools? >I have a client who wants to know. Well, web accessibility is now a requirement for any projects undertaken by the world's largest employer, the U.S. federal government. Section 508 requirements mean that any project that uses information technology in any way -must- address the issue of access by people with disabilities. --Kynn -- Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +61 (0) 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI Location: I-cubed, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia until 6 January 2001 at: W3C INRIA, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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