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Making the Web Accessible

Strategies, standards, and supporting resources to help you make the Web more accessible to people with disabilities.

W3C

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops international standards for the Web: HTML, CSS, and many more.

WAI

The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops standards and support materials to help you understand and implement accessibility.

You

You can use W3C WAI resources to make your websites, applications, and other digital creations more accessible and usable to everyone.

News

Current Work

(updated monthly)

See What We're Working On – Accessibility Activities and Publications

For Wide Review: Collaboration Tools Accessibility User Requirements

(2024-Jul-10)

Collaboration Tools Accessibility User Requirements is ready for review. The document covers accessibility user needs, requirements, and scenarios for collaborative content creation and development tools. The solutions identified in this document are intended to influence the evolution of future accessibility guidelines, technical specifications, or features of collaboration tools and assistive technologies. They are also relevant to software developers who contribute to developing the collaborative experience. Questions for this review are in e-mail for CTAUR review. Please send any comments by 30 September 2024.

For Wide Review: Guidance on Applying WCAG 2 to Non-Web ICT (WCAG2ICT)

(2024-Jul-02)

WCAG2ICT is Guidance on Applying WCAG 2 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT), including documents and software. The Draft is ready for final review before we publish it as a completed W3C Group Note. For an introduction, see the WCAG2ICT Overview. Please submit any comments by 6 August 2024.

Updated Resource: How People with Disabilities Use the Web

(2024-Jun-24)

How People with Disabilities Use the Web is updated with new user stories (personas) and new videos highlighting “Accessibility: It’s about people”. It describes tools and approaches that disabled people use to interact with technology and it covers barriers that people experience because of inaccessible digital technology. The resource helps developers, designers, content creators, and others understand the reasons behind creating accessible digital products. To quote the new videos: Whatever your role, “You can help make technology accessible to me.”

For Review: ACT Rules Format 1.1 - First Public Working Draft

(2024-Jun-18)

Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 Working Draft is available for review. The ACT Rules Format defines a format for writing accessibility test rules. It helps developers of automated testing tools and manual testing methodologies to write, share, and implement test rules. The test rules contribute to consistent testing for accessibility standards compliance. Changes from ACT Rules Format 1.0 include: new secondary accessibility requirements and allowing subjective applicability statements. For an introduction to ACT resources, see the ACT Overview. Please submit any comments by 18 August 2024.

WCAG 2.2 in Dutch: Authorized Translation Published

(2024-Jun-13)

Richtlijnen voor Toegankelijkheid van Webcontent (WCAG) 2.2, the Dutch Authorized Translation of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, is now available, following completion of the W3C Authorized Translations process. Other translations of WAI resources are listed in All WAI Translations. WAI encourages translations in all languages. If you might be interesting in translating resources, see Translating WAI Resources. Thank you to all who contribute to translations.

WCAG 2.2 in Catalan: Authorized Translation Published

(2024-May-22)

Directrius per a l’accessibilitat del contingut web (WCAG) 2.2, the Catalan Authorized Translation of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, is now available, following completion of the W3C Authorized Translations process. Other translations of WAI resources are listed in All WAI Translations. WAI encourages translations in all languages. If you might be interesting in translating resources, see Translating WAI Resources. Thank you to all who contribute to translations.

For Review: WCAG 3 Working Draft Outcomes

(2024-May-16)

An updated WCAG 3 Working Draft is ready for review. This draft includes potential outcomes that we are exploring. The purpose of this draft is to:

better understand the scope of user needs and how they could be addressed in an accessibility standard,
request assistance in identifying gaps, and
request assistance locating and conducting research to validate or invalidate the drafted outcomes.

To learn more about this draft and review questions, please see the WCAG 3 Introduction.

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See what we have for you: Get Resources for…

Training Course: Digital Accessibility Foundations The free "Introduction to Web Accessibility" online course provides the foundation you need to make your digital technology accessible. It's designed for: technical and non-technical learners developers, designers, ux, writers, managers, advocates professionals, instructors, students About the Free Online Course

Web Accessibility Perspectives: Video Captions

Captions are the audio information in text that is synchronized with the audio and visual content. Captions are called "subtitles" in some regions.

Video Captions are essential for people with disabilities and benefit everyone in a variety of situations.

This media resource helps you understand and create captions/subtitles, audio description of visual information, descriptive transcripts, and sign language for media. It introduces user experiences and benefits to organizations. Making Audio and Video Media Accessible