Accessibility at the Edge TPAC Breakout Session
Channel: Accessibility at the Edge Community Group
Date: 2022-10-12

TPAC 2022 Breakout Session on Overlays

The Accessibility at the Edge Community Group hosted a  special Breakout Session on the important topic of accessibility overlays. This session at the W3C official Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee annual meeting of 2022 was open to anyone interested in discussing current and prospective edge technologies as they relate to enhancing accessibility. Attendance was free, and the meeting had a relatively large attendance (for a breakout meeting). The meeting followed W3C good practices for running groups which means, anyone attending can speak! 

Attendees followed the W3C Code of Ethics.

Janina Sajka, the Accessibility at the Edge Community Group Chair, opens the meeting. Janina calls on a few attendees to make opening remarks. Ken Nakata, Manu Sporting and Lionel Wolberger make brief opening statements. Then the floor was open. Many overlay facts were discussed, concerns of the community were voiced, and concerns regarding definitions of terms were raised. 

To participate in future meetings, see the Accessibility at the Edge Community Group (or a11y-edge) at https://www.w3.org/community/a11yedge/.

Links:
* Community Group, https://www.w3.org/community/a11yedge/
* Minutes of this meeting, https://www.w3.org/2022/09/14-A11yEdge-minutes
* Community Group Github Repository, https://github.com/a11yedge
* TPAC Breakout schedule announcing the meeting, https://www.w3.org/2022/09/TPAC/breakouts.html