Andrew S.
Director of Color Science Research at Myndex
- Role
- Web Accessibility Initiative Invited Expert Task Forces A11y Guidelines, Low Vision, Silver(Wcag3) at W3c
- Location
- West Hollywood, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Andrew S.
Andrew Somers is Director of Research at Inclusive Reading Technologies, Inc, a…
Experience
Web Accessibility Initiative Invited Expert Task Forces A11y Guidelines, Low Vision, Silver(Wcag3)
Jun 2019 — Present · MA, US
Visual Contrast Group (Research Lead)° Co-Author WCAG 3.0 (Visual Contrast and Font Characteristics)° Active Task Forces: Accessibility Guidelines TF, Silver TF (WCAG3), Low Vision TF° Active involvement in WCAG 2.2 issues and surveysInvited Expert of the World Wide Web Consortium and the Web Accessibility Initiative/Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, where I proactively:° Identify problems with current standards, particularly relating to readability, accessibility, color, and visual contrast for text and non-text elements.° Investigate, research, and propose new guidelines for use in future web standards that better accommodate user needs relating to visual readability.° Evaluate the results of research and proposed guidelines in conjunction with accessibility leaders, and the larger design and accessibility communities.° Co-author WCAG 3.0 guidelines and related plain language documentation pertaining to design, color, contrast, and visual readability standards and guidelines.
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