IP: Access to the Web for people with disabilities

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

From: Thomas_A._Kalil () oa eop gov
To: farber () cis upenn edu




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        "Given the explosive growth in the use of the
        World Wide Web for publishing, electronic
        commerce, lifelong learning and the delivery
        of government services, it is vital that the Web
        be accessible to everyone. The Web
        Accessibility Initiative will develop the tools,
        technology, and guidelines to make it possible
        to display information in ways that are
        available to all users."


        -- President William Jefferson Clinton 


With support from the Administration and the Yuri Rubinsky Insight
Foundation, the World Wide Web Consortium has launched an 
initiative to make the Web more accessible for people with 
disabilities.  This initiative was launched at WWW6 -
but there is still plenty of room for additional company sponsors!


For more details, see:


http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Press/WAI-Launch.html


 and a good 4/30 article in the NYT CyberTimes:


http://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/043097disable.html




Tom Kalil
The White House
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