- From: Jeanne Spellman <jeanne@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 12:53:53 -0400
- To: UAWG <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
The task force is open for anyone from UAWG to join. Please let me know if you want to participate in the group. Links to the work statement and involvement are below. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Mobile Accessibility Task Force - Seeking Participation Resent-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 16:05:30 +0000 Resent-From: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 11:05:01 -0500 From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org> To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> CC: Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>, Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>, Michael Cooper <cooper@w3.org>, Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>, Kelly Ford <Kelly.Ford@microsoft.com>, Jeanne Spellman <jeanne@w3.org> Dear WAI Interest Group Participants, The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has established a Mobile Accessibility Task Force to develop more specific guidance on mobile accessibility related to WCAG and UAAG.[1] The Mobile Accessibility Task Force home page is: http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/mobile-a11y-tf/ Background: The main Mobile Accessibility page at <http://www.w3.org/WAI/mobile/> explains: *how mobile accessibility is already covered in existing W3C/WAI accessibility guidelines* *WAI's current work related to mobile accessibility* in different areas, including IndieUI and HTML5 The Mobile Accessibility Task Force expects to: * develop mobile techniques for WCAG using HTML5, ARIA, CSS and JavaScript * develop design guidance or mobile web accessibility best practices * review existing resources, including those outside of W3C The Task Force seeks to bring together individuals and organizations to contribute to this W3C/WAI work. We *invite you to contribute to the Mobile Accessibility Task Force*. * Active participation in the Task Force takes about 4 hours per week, including teleconferences. * Participation is through either the WCAG Working Group or the UAAG Working Group. * More about participation is at <http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/mobile-a11y-tf/#participation> If you cannot commit that much time, you can still review draft documents. To get announcements of drafts for review, see <http://www.w3.org/WAI/about/announcements>. [1] WCAG & UAAG: * WCAG, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, is introduced at <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag>. * UAAG, the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines for browsers and other 'user agents', is introduced at <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/uaag>. Please let us know if you have any questions. Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid cross-postings where possible. Regards, Shawn Henry, WAI Outreach Andrew Kirkpatrick and Joshue O Connor, WCAG WG Co-Chairs; Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Team Contact Jim Allan and Kelly Ford, UAWG Co-Chairs; Jeanne Spellman, UAWG Team Contact ----- Shawn Lawton Henry W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) e-mail: shawn@w3.org phone: +1.617.395.7664 about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/
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