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W3C calls for review of WCAG supporting documents

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The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has announced a Call for Review of updates to two supporting documents for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. 

The draft documents being reviewed are:

These documents are not the WCAG 2.0 standard itself, but rather supporting documents to provide guidance to developers as to how the standards can be adopted.


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Accessibility a judging criteria for Australian Web Awards

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The Australian Web Awards 2011 is now open for submissions from Australian websites or mobile applications that have been newly created or significantly redesigned in the last financial year, with accessibility a key consideration for judges.

Run since 2009 by the Australian Web Industry Association (AWIA), the awards showcase outstanding work by Australian web designers and developers in diverse categories.

Accessibility constitutes one of the key selection criteria that judges use to evaluate sites in both stages of the competition. It is considered as part of an inclusive design process and all submissions must have a reasonable degree of compliance. In addition, a special prize is awarded for the Best Overall Accessibility in the final stage. 


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DeafTechNews releases instructional videos on CaptiView and Captionfish

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US technology review group DeafTechNews has created two short instructional videos on CaptiView and Captionfish.

The instructional CaptiView video is two and a half minutes long and has instructions in American Sign Language (ASL) for the set up and operation of the personal CaptiView cinema captioning screens.


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Accessibility Summit brings accessibility experts live to a computer near you

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The second annual Accessibility Summit conference will be held on 27 September, streaming leading web accessibility experts online to attendees around the world.

Held from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm US central time, the conference will be streamed live with time for asking questions directly to the speaker. Attendees can also chat with other attendees.

Sessions include:


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