# Presentation: 943682

## ISO/IEC JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility

## Common Interest between TEITAC and SWG-A

- There is a lot of synergy between the work of SWG-A and TEITAC—in planned activities and resources.
- Bring the international standard perspective into TEITAC process.
- Take advantage of the work SWG-A has done already.
- Help TEITAC spread its message into the international standards communities.

## Creation of the Group

- October 2004 ISO/IEC JTC 1 Resolution.
- Gather user needs (direct participation, workshops, liaisons).
- Inventory all known accessibility standards efforts.
- Identify where voluntary standards efforts are not addressed.
- Track laws, policies, guidelines.
- Encourage the use of globally relevant voluntary standards.

## Open Membership

- ISO/IEC JTC 1 National Bodies and Liaisons
- ISO, IEC or ITU-T committees with accessibility activities
- Regional standard and support organizations
- Representatives of consortia/fora
- Consumer Organizations and User Representatives – avenue to participate at National or International level

## Users Participants in SWG-A

- Participation in international ICT accessibility standards and policies can:
- help reduce barriers to use of technology
- create an international resource that can be used to encourage the use of globally relevant voluntary standards
- help ensure the availability of increasingly accessible ICT for all people
- help increase awareness and practice of accessibility in standardisation.

## Meetings to Date

- SWG – A Meeting
- Sheffield, UK – April 2005
- Task Group Sessions
- Toronto, Canada – July 2005
- SWG – A Meeting
- Tokyo, Japan – August 2005
- SWG – A Meeting
- Brussels, Belgium – this week

##  Standards Inventory

- Approved the inventory of known standards (V2.0) in five domains:
- IT hardware
- IT software
- Communications
- Consumer Electronics
- Public Terminals (includes voting machines)
- 500+ entries in inventory

## User Needs

- Approved V1.0 of User Needs
- Almost 150 clearly identified needs.
- User Needs may cover needs not fully applicable to all domains.
- Established a team to map needs on to additional sample standards as have already done for ISO 9241-20 and Guide 71.

## Sample Standards for March 2007 Completion

- Section 255
- Section 508
- JIS X 8341-5 (Guideline for older persons and persons with disabilities – information and communication equipment, software and service –part 5: office equipment)
- ISO 9241-171 (Ergonomics and human-system interaction-Guidance on software accessibilities)
- WCAG 2.0, UAAG 1.0, ATAG 2.0
- ISO/IEC 24751 - Parts 1, 2, 3
- FSG Keyboard I/O, FSG AT SPI Spec
- ITU-T F.700 (Framework recommendation for multimedia services)
- ITU-T E.135 (Human factors aspects of public telecommunications terminals for people with disabilities)

## Request for Additional Assistance

- Ask all SDOs to further populate the inventory of standards addressing user accessibility needs.
- Consumer Electronics of special interest.
- Ask all Accessibility Consumer Organizations and User Representatives for additional user feedback.

## Additional Information

- Next meeting
- Week of 23 April 2007
- Oslo, Norway
- All documents and contact information are available on the web.
- Please visit www.jtc1access.org