Accessible Internet working group

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The Barrier-Free Internet Working Group (AKBI) is a nationwide association that aims to ensure that all people have unrestricted access to information on the Internet . For the first time in German-speaking countries, the AKBI called for a barrier-free Internet .

history

The association was created on the initiative of the Marburg journalists Jens Bertrams and Franz-Josef Hanke in autumn 1998, originally as a working group within the Marburg association "Disabled people in society and work" (BiGuB). On February 23, 2002, it was entered in the register of associations as an independent association.

Accessible internet

In the association, the demand for the barrier-free Internet was made public for the first time. The term originally used in construction was transferred to the then rapidly developing area of ​​the Internet. The main demand of the association was that all information on the Internet should be made available to all users regardless of the application of certain programs.

The expression "barrier-free internet" has meanwhile established itself as a fixed term in the German-speaking area. After the AKBI, numerous other associations were founded in Germany that advocate barrier-free access to the Internet.

Gordian knot

The Gordian Webknot was the first prize in Germany that was awarded for the design of barrier-free websites. In 1998 and 1999, exemplary barrier-free websites were awarded. The focus was on the accessibility of the pages for blind internet users. With the presentation of the BIENE Award , the presentation of the Gordian knot was discontinued.

BEE competition

The AKBI is a member of the technical advisory board of the BIENE competition , which annually awards the best German-language barrier-free offers on the Internet. He is currently represented by Franz-Josef Hanke.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz-Josef Hanke: The AKBI introduces itself. A lobby for barrier-free internet. (No longer available online.) AKBI, August 17, 2006, archived from the original on February 15, 2009 ; Retrieved February 18, 2009 .
  2. ^ Franz-Josef Hanke: 10 years AKBI. Barrier-free Internet working group celebrates its birthday. (No longer available online.) AKBI, October 14, 2008, archived from the original on February 15, 2009 ; Retrieved February 18, 2009 .
  3. ↑ Martin Stehle: Re: Barrier-ARM. (No longer available online.) Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology, October 4, 2004, archived from the original on November 3, 2012 ; Retrieved February 18, 2009 .
  4. ↑ The members of the technical advisory board. German Disability Aid - Aktion Mensch, accessed on December 6, 2009 .