Seeking websites revised to improve accessibility

[Shawn Henry]

Dear WAI Interest Group,

The W3C WAI Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) is looking at websites that have been revised to improve accessibility. If you know of any such website, please let us know by sending email to:
    team-accessibility-business-case@...>
(That mailing address is not publicly archived. It is sent to some EOWG participants.)

Please include whatever relevant information you know, such as:
- Date(s) improved site was posted
- Pages that were updated
- Changes that were made

Thanks for your help in gathering this information.

Regards,
~Shawn Henry, EOWG Chair



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Shawn Lawton Henry
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
e-mail: shawn@...
phone: [phone]
about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/

[Denis Boudreau]

Hi Shawn,

Interesting idea. May we know what the purpose of this would be? Given it's constructive (which I don't doubt it is), I might be interested in pointing out towards our own stuff.

Best regards,

--

Denis Boudreau,

Directeur général

Coopérative AccessibilitéWeb

1751 rue Richardson, bureau 6.111

Montréal (Qc), Canada  H3K 1G6

Téléphone : +1 514.312.3378

Sans frais : +1 877.315.5550

Télécopieur : +1 514.667.2216

dboudreau@...

http://www.accessibiliteweb.com/

On 17-Aug-09, at 10:43 AM, Shawn Henry wrote:

Dear WAI Interest Group,

The W3C WAI Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) is looking at websites that have been revised to improve accessibility. If you know of any such website, please let us know by sending email to:
  team-accessibility-business-case@...>
(That mailing address is not publicly archived. It is sent to some EOWG participants.)

Please include whatever relevant information you know, such as:
- Date(s) improved site was posted
- Pages that were updated
- Changes that were made

Thanks for your help in gathering this information.

Regards,
~Shawn Henry, EOWG Chair



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Shawn Lawton Henry
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
e-mail: shawn@...
phone: [phone]
about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/

[Shawn Henry]

Thanks for the reply, Denis. I'll contact you directly to avoid cluttering the mailing list.

~Shawn

Denis Boudreau wrote:

> Hi Shawn,
>
> Interesting idea. May we know what the purpose of this would be? Given
> it's constructive (which I don't doubt it is), I might be interested in
> pointing out towards our own stuff.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> --
> Denis Boudreau,
> Directeur général
>
> Coopérative AccessibilitéWeb
> 1751 rue Richardson, bureau 6.111
> Montréal (Qc), Canada  H3K 1G6
>
> Téléphone : +1 514.312.3378
> Sans frais : +1 877.315.5550
> Télécopieur : +1 514.667.2216
> dboudreau@... <mailto:dboudreau@...>
> http://www.accessibiliteweb.com/
>
>
>
>
> On 17-Aug-09, at 10:43 AM, Shawn Henry wrote:
>
>> Dear WAI Interest Group,
>>
>> The W3C WAI Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) is looking at
>> websites that have been revised to improve accessibility. If you know
>> of any such website, please let us know by sending email to:
>>   team-accessibility-business-case@...
>> <mailto:team-accessibility-business-case@...>>
>> (That mailing address is not publicly archived. It is sent to some
>> EOWG participants.)
>>
>> Please include whatever relevant information you know, such as:
>> - Date(s) improved site was posted
>> - Pages that were updated
>> - Changes that were made
>>
>> Thanks for your help in gathering this information.
>>
>> Regards,
>> ~Shawn Henry, EOWG Chair
>>
>>
>>
>> -----
>> Shawn Lawton Henry
>> W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
>> e-mail: shawn@... <mailto:shawn@...>
>> phone: [phone]
>> about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/
>>
>>
>

[Phill Jenkins]

> > > (EOWG) is looking at websites that have been revised to
>>> improve accessibility.
>>  . . . May we know what the purpose of this would be? Given
>> it's constructive . . .
>
> Thanks for the reply, Denis. I'll contact you directly to avoid
> cluttering the mailing list.
> ~Shawn

Please do share with the whole list.  or at least add me as an interested party.

How the information is used will influence how much information is shared.  For example, if WAI EOWG uses the information to find/post additional unique techniques and best practices, without linking to the whole web site is easier to do / respond to, than risking the public review (and possible debate) of the site that was improved and avoid the part that perhaps wasn't improved.  I would be also interested in more 'best practices' of chunks of HTML/Web technology examples that combine several techniques to make a complete UI component, such as a good search and results page, a good accessible sub-navigation, a good or best practice list of news articles, etc. - things that developers, authoring tools, checking tools, education, and design guides could use to make a template or example components.
 
Regards,
Phill Jenkins,
IBM Research - Human Ability & Accessibility Center
http://www.ibm.com/able
http://www.facebook.com/IBMAccessibility
http://twitter.com/IBMAccess
Fact: IBM had 4,186 patents issued in 2008, the most in any single year and more than Microsoft, HP, EMC,  Apple, Oracle, Accenture, and Google combined.

[Denis Boudreau]

Thanks.

--

Denis Boudreau,

Directeur général

Coopérative AccessibilitéWeb

1751 rue Richardson, bureau 6.111

Montréal (Qc), Canada  H3K 1G6

Téléphone : +1 514.312.3378

Sans frais : +1 877.315.5550

Télécopieur : +1 514.667.2216

dboudreau@...

http://www.accessibiliteweb.com/

On 17-Aug-09, at 4:43 PM, Shawn Henry wrote:

Thanks for the reply, Denis. I'll contact you directly to avoid cluttering the mailing list.

~Shawn

Denis Boudreau wrote:

Hi Shawn,

Interesting idea. May we know what the purpose of this would be? Given it's constructive (which I don't doubt it is), I might be interested in pointing out towards our own stuff.

Best regards,

--

Denis Boudreau,

Directeur général

Coopérative AccessibilitéWeb

1751 rue Richardson, bureau 6.111

Montréal (Qc), Canada  H3K 1G6

Téléphone : +1 514.312.3378

Sans frais : +1 877.315.5550

Télécopieur : +1 514.667.2216

dboudreau@... <dboudreau@...>

http://www.accessibiliteweb.com/

On 17-Aug-09, at 10:43 AM, Shawn Henry wrote:

Dear WAI Interest Group,

The W3C WAI Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) is looking at websites that have been revised to improve accessibility. If you know of any such website, please let us know by sending email to:

 team-accessibility-business-case@... <team-accessibility-business-case@...>>

(That mailing address is not publicly archived. It is sent to some EOWG participants.)

Please include whatever relevant information you know, such as:

- Date(s) improved site was posted

- Pages that were updated

- Changes that were made

Thanks for your help in gathering this information.

Regards,

~Shawn Henry, EOWG Chair

-----

Shawn Lawton Henry

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

e-mail: shawn@... <shawn@...>

phone: [phone]

about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/

[Menezes Miller, Victoria]

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I would be most interested in this information for the same reasons indicated below.  If the information will not be shared with the whole list, please include me as an interested party.

 

Thanks,

 

Vicki Menezes Miller

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

 

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From: w3c-wai-ig-request@... [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@...] On Behalf Of Phill Jenkins
Sent: mardi, 18. août 2009 00:58
To: Shawn Henry
Cc: WAI Interest Group
Subject: Re: Seeking websites revised to improve accessibility

 

> > > (EOWG) is looking at websites that have been revised to
>>> improve accessibility.
>>  . . . May we know what the purpose of this would be? Given
>> it's constructive . . .
>
> Thanks for the reply, Denis. I'll contact you directly to avoid
> cluttering the mailing list.
> ~Shawn

Please do share with the whole list.  or at least add me as an interested party.

How the information is used will influence how much information is shared.  For example, if WAI EOWG uses the information to find/post additional unique techniques and best practices, without linking to the whole web site is easier to do / respond to, than risking the public review (and possible debate) of the site that was improved and avoid the part that perhaps wasn't improved.  I would be also interested in more 'best practices' of chunks of HTML/Web technology examples that combine several techniques to make a complete UI component, such as a good search and results page, a good accessible sub-navigation, a good or best practice list of news articles, etc. - things that developers, authoring tools, checking tools, education, and design guides could use to make a template or example components.
 
Regards,
Phill Jenkins,
IBM Research - Human Ability & Accessibility Center
http://www.ibm.com/able
http://www.facebook.com/IBMAccessibility
http://twitter.com/IBMAccess
Fact: IBM had 4,186 patents issued in 2008, the most in any single year and more than Microsoft, HP, EMC,  Apple, Oracle, Accenture, and Google combined.

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[Charles McCathieNevile-2]

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:17:45 +0600, Menezes Miller, Victoria  
<Victoria.Menezes@...> wrote:

> I would be most interested in this information for the same reasons  
> indicated below.  If the information will not be shared with the whole  
> list, please include me as an interested party.

Ditto.

Or rather, please exclude me as interested until the information is  
provided.

cheers

Chaals

--
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     je parle français -- hablo español -- jeg lærer norsk
http://my.opera.com/chaals       Try Opera: http://www.opera.com

[Shawn Henry]

Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,

The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) is gathering statistics, case studies, and articles that support the business case for web accessibility. We plan to provide this as an appendix to "Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization":
    http://www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/Overview

An in-progress draft of this resource appendix is at:
    http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/bcase/resources

We are seeking more resources. *Would your organization be willing to share case studies, statistics, quotes or other information to support the business case for web accessibility*?
You can send them to:
    team-accessibility-business-case@...
(This mailing list is not publicly archived; however, there are some non-W3C-team Working Group members subscribed to the list.)

Below is an example of a case study with statistics. While some organizations do not share such details, we welcome whatever you are comfortable sharing to support the business case for web accessibility.

Additionally, we might be able to gather some data on search engine generated traffic to contribute to a case study.

Feel free to e-mail or call Shawn ([phone]) if you have any questions.

Regards,
~Shawn Henry, W3C WAI Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) Chair


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EXAMPLE CASE STUDY:

Name of website: www.acmefootballkitdesigners.co.uk
Sector: commercial, e-commerce
Visits: 10,000 visits per month
When accessibility changes implemented: September 2009
What was done: Improved semantic structure, colour contrast and font sizes. Moved from WCAG 1.0 AA to WCAG 2.0 AA.

Soft positive results: We saw a significant improvement in visitor numbers.

Hard positive results:
5% increase in natural search traffic,
increase in conversions from 2.4% to 3.1%,
increased revenue by 15000 pounds per year,
resulting in a profit of 7000 pounds,
cost of implementation of 3500 pounds,
giving an annual ROI of 200%

Quote: "Making our website accessible was a simple matter of business maths." - Jane Doe, CFO, acmefootballkitdesigners.co.uk

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Shawn Lawton Henry
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
e-mail: shawn@...
phone: [phone]
about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/




Shawn Henry wrote:

> Dear WAI Interest Group,
>
> The W3C WAI Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) is looking at
> websites that have been revised to improve accessibility. If you know of
> any such website, please let us know by sending email to:
>    team-accessibility-business-case@...>
> (That mailing address is not publicly archived. It is sent to some EOWG
> participants.)
>
> Please include whatever relevant information you know, such as:
> - Date(s) improved site was posted
> - Pages that were updated
> - Changes that were made
>
> Thanks for your help in gathering this information.
>
> Regards,
> ~Shawn Henry, EOWG Chair
>
>
>
> -----
> Shawn Lawton Henry
> W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> e-mail: shawn@...
> phone: [phone]
> about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/
>
>