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Strategies, standards, and supporting resources to help you make the Web more accessible to people with disabilities.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops international standards for the Web: HTML, CSS, and many more.
The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops standards and support materials to help you understand and implement accessibility.
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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
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<p>Captions are the audio information in text that is synchronized with the audio and visual content. Captions are called "subtitles" in some regions. </p>
<p>Video Captions are essential for people with disabilities and benefit everyone in a variety of situations.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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WAI is supported in part by the following organizations. Thank you!
- HP
- IBM Corporation
- European Commission (EC) Horizon 2020 — 822245 (WAI-Guide Project), 101004794 (WAI-CooP Project)
- Ford Foundation, Technology and Society Program (WAI-Core Ford Project)
- US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute for Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research, contract HHSP23301500054 (WAI-Core 2015, 2022 Project)
WAI welcomes additional sponsors.
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