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Introductions

• Getting Started: Making a Web Site Accessible
  An initial introduction to resources for people new to Web accessibility.
• WAI Online Overview
  An online presentation explaining why Web accessibility is important and what the Web Accessibility Initiative does.
• How People with Disabilities Use the Web, Working Draft
  Description of requirements for accessibility for people with different kinds of disabilities.
• Implementation Plan for Web Accessibility
  Describes basic steps for making an organization's Web site(s) accessible.
  • Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility
    Describes considerations when making simple or comprehensive policies.
  • Selecting and Using Authoring Tools for Web Accessibility
    Describes questions to ask when choosing software to make accessible Web sites.

Quick Tips

• Quick Tips to Make Accessible Web Sites [ordering Quick Tips] [see also translations]
  Ten tips for making Web sites accessible, available on a business-card sized reference card. Can be ordered from Web site.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Frequently Asked Questions on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
  Answers twenty of the most commonly-asked questions about WCAG.
• Frequently Asked Questions on Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)
  Explains benefits of ATAG for Web designers and for developers of software used to make Web sites.
• Frequently Asked Questions on User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 1.0
  Answers most commonly-asked questions about UAAG 1.0 for software designers, people who purchase browsers and multimedia players, and users with disabilities.

Guidelines

(See also Checklists, Techniques and Translations)

• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  Explains in detail how to make a Web site accessible for people with a variety of disabilities.
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Working Draft
  Draft version of WCAG 2.0 currently under development; not referenceable at this time.
• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  For software developers, explains how to make a variety of authoring tools support the production of accessible Web content, and also how to make the software itself accessible.
• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Working Draft
  Draft version of ATAG 2.0 currently under development; not referenceable at this time.
• User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  For software developers, explains how to make accessible browsers, multimedia players, and assistive technologies that interface with these.
• XML Accessibility Guidelines
  For developers of XML-based applications, explains how to ensure that XML-based applications support accessibility.

Checklists

• Checklist for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  Prioritized list of checkpoints for making Web sites accessible; an outline of the information in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
• Checklist for Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  Prioritized list of checkpoints for making accessible authoring tools that support the production of accessible Web content.
• Checkpoints for User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  Prioritized list of checkpoints for making accessible browsers, multimedia players, and assistive technologies.

Techniques

• Inaccessibility of Visually-Oriented Anti-Robot Tests
  Describes accessibility problems and potential solutions for visual verification or CAPTCHA methods.
• Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  Detailed markup examples and explanations of how to implement the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
  • Core Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  • HTML Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  • CSS Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
• Techniques for Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  Detailed examples and explanations for software developers on how to implement the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines.
• Techniques for User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  Detailed examples and explanations for software developers on how to implement the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines.
• Techniques for Accessibility Evaluation and Repair Working Draft
  Explains to software developers how to develop evaluation and retrofitting tools that conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
• Accessibility Features of SMIL
  Detailed technical discussion of features in W3C's Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) that support accessibility of multimedia, and how to implement those features in multimedia players, multimedia authoring tools, and in the development of multimedia content.
• Accessibility Features of CSS
  Detailed technical discussion of features in W3C's Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) that support accessibility of Web content when CSS is used to control the "presentation" (visual or auditory display) of HTML documents.
• Accessibility Features of SVG
  Detailed technical discussion of features in W3C's Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) that support accessibility.
• Accessibility improvements in HTML 4.0
  General discussion of features in HTML 4.0 that support accessibility.

Training Resources

• Curriculum on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
  Extensive online curriculum that explains and gives examples for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Can be used as a self-study material or for presentations to groups.
  • Examples: WAI Web Content Accessibility Curriculum
    Sample code and Web pages illustrating application of WCAG 1.0 Checkpoints.
• Training Resources for Web Accessibility
  Learning objectives, training approaches, and resources for conducting trainings around different aspects of Web accessibility.

Evaluation and Repair Tools

• Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility
  Describes methods for conducting preliminary reviews and conformance evaluations of Web sites.
  • Review Teams for Evaluating Web Site Accessibility [Draft]
  • Template for Accessibility Evaluation Reports[Draft]
• Evaluation and Repair Tools
  Descriptions and links to over 30 different kinds of tools that can help with evaluation, retrofitting, and transformation of Web content.

Logos

• Logos for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
  Conformance icons for WCAG 1.0, and explanations of how to use the icons on Web pages.
• Logos for Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
  Conformance icons for ATAG 1.0, and explanations of how to use the icons on software.

Alternative Web Browsing

• Alternative Web browsing
  Descriptions and links to over 35 different kinds browsers and assistive technologies for accessing information on the Web.

Translations

• Translations of Quick Tips
  Information on translations of Quick Tips to Make Accessible Web Sites, including completed translations and translations in progress.
• W3C Translations listed by languages; and W3C Translations listed by documents
  Links to translated versions of various WAI documents.
• Translating WAI Documents
  Describes priorities and process for translating WAI documents.

Policy Links

• Policies relating to Web accessibility
  Links to governmental policies that have some bearing on accessibility of government, commercial, and/or other kinds of Web sites.

Events

• WAI Events
  Upcoming and past WAI face-to-face meetings and other events.
• Calendar of conferences
  Information on upcoming and past conferences of potential relevance for Web accessibility.

More Resources

• General links on Web accessibility
  Links to additional resources on Web accessibility including resources outside of W3C.
• W3C Technical Reports Library
  A listing of all W3C specifications and discussion notes about W3C specifications; many of these have information or supports for accessibility within the documents.

Last updated $Date: 2004/09/08 18:39:00 $ by $Author: jbrewer $. Questions? wai@w3.org Comments? wai-site-comments@w3.org

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