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Title: Web Accessibility: Will WCAG 2.0 Better Meet Today


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Web Accessibility Will WCAG 2.0 Better Meet
Todays Challenges?
  • Brian Kelly
  • UK Web Focus
  • UKOLN
  • University of Bath
  • UK
  • B.Kelly_at_ukoln.ac.uk

Jenny Craven CERLIM Manchester Metropolitan
University UK J.Craven_at_mmu.ac.uk
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About Us
  • Brian Kelly
  • Adviser on Web issues to UK Universities
  • Active in Web since January 1993
  • Attended opening WAI meeting
  • Jenny Craven
  • Researcher in CERLIM, Manchester Met. University
  • Project work includes
  • NoVa (Non-Visual Access to the digital library)
    project to investigate usability of \Web-based
    resources by people witn visual impairments
  • REVIEL (REsources for Visually Impaired users of
    the Electronic Library) project which explored
    the accessibility of library OPACs other
    electronic library services
  • Supporting study for DISinHE which investigated
    awareness and use of accessibility design
    standards in UK higher education

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Our Aims
  • We are
  • Supporters of WAI and its activities
  • Acknowledge the work WAI has done in raising the
    importance of Web accessibility worldwide
  • Informed by our user communities of challenges
    and issues faced in implementing WAI guidelines
  • In this panel session we will
  • Report on experiences of our user communities
  • Highlight concerns which have been expressed
  • Our aim is to
  • Share these concerns
  • See if WCAG 2.0 addresses our concerns
  • Facilitate open discussion

Note we may mention common misconceptions about
WAI
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Questions?
  • Any questions?
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