Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Slides
Note: WCAG 2.0 was published in December 2008, and is recommended over WCAG 1.0. See Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview.
We will soon update these slides to reflect this change.
Page Contents
- Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
- How to Use the HTML Slides
- Using the Slides for Presentations
- Who Develops the WAI Overview Slides
Links to Slides
Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative
The Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative HTML slides introduce:
- Web accessibility
- The importance and impact of an accessible Web to people with disabilities and without disabilities
- The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
- Resources to help make the Web accessible
- Actions to promote Web accessibility
How to Use the HTML Slides
The four buttons at the top right of each slide (except the Table of Contents) control the slides as follows:
Button | Action | Access Key |
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Go to previous slide | P | |
Go to contents list | C | |
Toggle through six choices of font size and font/background color | S | |
Go to next slide | N |
Using the Slides for Presentations
W3C grants permission to use the Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative slides in presentations according to the copyright and document use policies of W3C.
Reference the slides as follows: Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative, J. Brewer, et al., ed., World Wide Web Consortium (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), [list the last revised date, for example "June 2004"]. http://www.w3.org/Talks/WAI-Intro/overview.html
The following can be used to create a local copy of the slides:
- W3C Slidemaker Tool
- all.htm file used by Slidemaker
Who Develops the WAI Overview Slides
These slides were developed by Judy Brewer and participants of the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG). Comments are welcome to: wai-eo-editors@w3.org.