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Re: Proposal for an online, crowdsourced accessibility testing platform

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From: adam solomon
Date: Aug 28, 2010 11:21PM

I can add my two cents as well - issues that come up in our education ministry's websites which have to be accessible to WCAG 2 (though I would have to translate everything). Things like auto-complete widgets, calendars, and the like. Why do we need a dedicated server?

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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Proposal for an online, crowdsourced accessibility testing platform
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> I'm very excited about this proposal.
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> I'd like to contribute examples for testing that I run into with federal
> government documents, especially those that are more technical in nature.
> WCAG 2 and ITC 2 (508 for the US fed govt) don't address many of the
> situations my govt clients are in.
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> I can contribute services:
> -- technical samples (including Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDFs
> made from InDesign and office software)
> -- writing and online training demonstrating the technique/best practice.
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> But we'll need someone to manage this project and coordinate all the
> players, tasks, and final recommendations.
> Any suggestions?
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> --Bevi
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