What is Web Accessibility?

• Step forward in web technology – 'Web Standards'

  • 'Semantic web'

• "The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."
  Tim Berners-Lee
  W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web

• Designing websites for disabled users in ordinary environments is the same as designing for non-disabled users in extraordinary environments

  • • WebTV, Palm-tops, fridges etc

    • MacOS Tiger does already, and Microsoft's "Vista" & other future browsers will probably include speech synthesis

    • Have your emails read to you in the car…

Development of the Web