- From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 16:14:55 +0100
- To: WAI IG <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Dear WAI Interest Group Participants, The WAI-Tools Project invites you to participate in its open meeting on 29 November 2017 from 9:00am to 12:00pm in Brussels, Belgium. Agenda, logistics, and registration information is available from: - http://www.w3.org/WAI/Tools/meeting1 This meeting is intended for web accessibility practitioners, evaluation and quality assurance tools vendors, researchers, and users to: - Learn more about the WAI-Tools Project - Provide input into project developments - Explore opportunities for collaboration 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: - http://www.w3.org/WAI/Tools/ If you have any 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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