Requirements Analysis

Mobile Accessibility at W3C https://www.w3.org/WAI/mobile/

Purpose

• Provide a landing page for people who search for "mobile accessibility".

Answer the questions:

• Does W3C have mobile accessibility standards?
• What is W3C doing related to mobile accessibility?
• Where can I learn more about mobile accessibility?

And:

• Explain that WAI's existing standards (especially WCAG & UAAG) apply to mobile technology.
• Promote WAI work related to mobile accessibility.
• Guide people to W3C resources related to mobile accessibility.

(And also explain that it's more than 'mobile'.)

Objectives

• When people use external search engines on "mobile accessibility", this page is the first result.
• People understand that most mobile accessibility issues are already covered in WCAG 2.0. Some are covered in UAAG 2.0. And more will be covered in WCAG 2.1.
• People know that WAI is working on additional guidance on mobile accessibility, including through WCAG 2.1 (but not separate mobile accessibility guidelines).
• People can get to the Mobile Accessibility Task Force info.

Audience

• Policy Makers <-- an important audience for this page
• Accessibility specialists
• Developers
• Designers
• Project managers
• QA testers

User Tasks

• I'm just starting and need info on mobile accessibility.
• We're writing policies and looking to see if WAI has mobile accessibility standards/guidelines.
• We're [updating our website | developing a mobile app] and want to know what we need to do to make it accessible. In addition to those listed here: https://github.com/w3c/wai-eo-mobile/wiki/Requirements-Analysis
• I'm trying to convince my organization to take accessibility seriously, and I want to show them that when we focus on mobile, accessibility fits nicely and is not that much more work. e.g., this case

(fyi, items from previous "EOWG Needs and Next Steps" section that was here previously have been moved to GitHub issues.)