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WebAIM: WebAIM’s 2012 Year in Review
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <title>WebAIM: WebAIM’s 2012 Year in Review</title> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/media/favicon.ico"> <link rel="home" href="/"> <link rel="search" href="/search/"> <link rel="alternate" href="https://webaim.org/blog/feed" type="application/rss+xml" title="WebAIM Blog"> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-Y41PF8WV9X"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-Y41PF8WV9X'); </script> <link href="/styles/main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <link href="/styles/print.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print"> <script src="/media/scripts/jquery.js"></script> <script src="/media/scripts/main.js"></script> <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Kameron:400,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link href="/styles/documents.css?ver=2" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,400i,700" rel="stylesheet"> <!--[if lt IE 9]> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script> <![endif]--> </head> <body> <div id="headcontainer" class="clearfix" style="background-image: url(/media/banners/community.jpg)"> <header> <div id="skiptocontent"><a href="#maincontent">skip to main content</a></div> <h2><a href="/"><img src="/media/logo.png" width="315" height="83" alt="WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind"></a></h2> <nav> <h2 class="hidden">Main Navigation</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/services/">Services</a></li> <li><a href="/articles/">Articles</a></li> <li><a href="/resources/">Resources</a></li> <li><a href="/projects/">Projects</a></li> <li class="current"><a href="/community/">Community</a></li> </ul> </nav> <div id="search"> <form method="get" role="search" action="/search/" id="sitesearch"> <p class="search"><span><label for="q">Search:</label> <input type="text" name="q" id="q"><input type="image" src="/media/template/search.svg" alt="Submit Search"></span></p> </form> <p class="intro"><a href="/intro">Introduction to Web Accessibility</a></p> <p class="training"><a href="/services/training">WebAIM Training</a></p> </div> </header> </div> <main id="maincontainer" class="clearfix"> <article id="maincontent"> <h1>WebAIM’s 2012 Year in Review</h1> <p id="breadcrumbs"><span class="hidden">You are here: </span><a href="/">Home</a> > <a href="/blog/">Blog</a> > WebAIM’s 2012 Year in Review</p> <div class="section post" id="post-1523"> <div class="entry"> <p>As 2012 comes to its conclusion, we at WebAIM wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. A new year gives us an opportunity to reflect on the past year and look forward to the future.</p> <p>WebAIM continued to provide <a href="http://webaim.org/services/">web accessibility services</a> throughout 2012. We provided 100’s of hours of trainings, including hosting three <a href="http://webaim.org/training">training sessions</a> here in Utah. Our first Advanced Web Accessibility Training session was very popular and was attended by many that had attended previous WebAIM trainings. Our web accessibility evaluation and technical assistance clients ranged from small non-profits to several Fortune 500 corporations. We are encouraged by the quickening pace and increased momentum of accessibility across the web and are happy to be a part of it.</p> <p>2012 also saw the <a href="http://five.wave.webaim.org/">beta launch of WAVE version 5</a>. Work continues on the beta and we’re currently well underway on WAVE APIs and updated WAVE toolbars.</p> <p>Here are a few WebAIM fun facts from 2012:</p> <ul> <li>2,531 – Posts to the <a href="http://webaim.org/discussion/">WebAIM e-mail discussion list</a>, our most active year yet</li> <li>3,312,000 – Distinct e-mails sent via the discussion list.</li> <li>59 – Approximate number of computer crashes caused by JAWS</li> <li>184,000 – <a href="http://webaim.org/blog/">WebAIM blog</a> spam comments blocked by our spam filter.</li> <li>111,000 – Number of airline miles flown by WebAIM staff</li> <li>366 – Days this year in which Section 508 was still not updated</li> <li>211 – Countries represented by WebAIM web site visitors</li> <li>379 – Gigabytes of content downloaded from the WebAIM web site</li> <li>29% – Browser usage on the WebAIM site for three separate browsers – Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer</li> <li>1,025,000 – Number of web pages analyzed with the <a href="http://wave.webaim.org/">WAVE web accessibility tool</a>, excluding countless millions others by the <a href="http://wave.webaim.org/toolbar">WAVE toolbar</a>.</li> <li>2 – Number of children born to WebAIM staff</li> <li>372 – Approximate number of diapers changed by WebAIM staff and spouses</li> <li>1,782 – Number of responses to our <a href="http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey4/">fourth screen reader user survey</a></li> </ul> <p>Cyndi, Jon, Tom, Dio, Denise, Paige, Cecily, and I look forward to 2013 as we continue our mission of increasing web accessibility for people with disabilities.</p> </div> </div> <div class="navigation"> <div class="floatleft"></div> <div class="floatright"></div> </div> <!-- You can start editing here. --> <div id="blogcomments"> <h2 id="comments">Comments</h2> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> <ol class="commentlist"> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="comment-114842"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f7ccf96a694e28a3d22a60f19386387a?s=70&d=mm&r=r' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f7ccf96a694e28a3d22a60f19386387a?s=140&d=mm&r=r 2x' class='avatar avatar-70 photo' height='70' width='70' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/dboudreau" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Denis Boudreau</a></cite> <div class="commentdate"><a href="https://webaim.org/blog/2012review/#comment-114842"> December 21, 2012</a></div> <div class="comment-content"><p>Cheers to another extraordinary year! You guys are the best.</p> </div> </li> </li><!-- #comment-## --> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-114957"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5cb8f7ad3d27563303069a8adb66569a?s=70&d=mm&r=r' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5cb8f7ad3d27563303069a8adb66569a?s=140&d=mm&r=r 2x' class='avatar avatar-70 photo' height='70' width='70' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Pooja</cite> <div class="commentdate"><a href="https://webaim.org/blog/2012review/#comment-114957"> December 23, 2012</a></div> <div class="comment-content"><p>WebAIM is the Accessibility Bible for me! Still hope to attend your trainings in Utah. Best wishes to the entire WebAIM staff and many more successful year’s for you’ll!</p> </div> </li> </li><!-- #comment-## --> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="comment-115104"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0f49200c0a12b6acd6fe3964789768da?s=70&d=mm&r=r' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0f49200c0a12b6acd6fe3964789768da?s=140&d=mm&r=r 2x' class='avatar avatar-70 photo' height='70' width='70' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn"><a href="http://www.webkeyit.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Vivienne Conway</a></cite> <div class="commentdate"><a href="https://webaim.org/blog/2012review/#comment-115104"> December 27, 2012</a></div> <div class="comment-content"><p>Thanks all. Your toolbar is really great for both checking web pages and also providing training. In fact, all of your resources are fabulous.</p> </div> </li> </li><!-- #comment-## --> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-115129"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1cca757038aa53618be305d57a9e5569?s=70&d=mm&r=r' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1cca757038aa53618be305d57a9e5569?s=140&d=mm&r=r 2x' class='avatar avatar-70 photo' height='70' width='70' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn">Janice McGuire</cite> <div class="commentdate"><a href="https://webaim.org/blog/2012review/#comment-115129"> December 28, 2012</a></div> <div class="comment-content"><p>I am a special educator in a school that recently went 1:1 Chromebooks. Can you help me with ideas for accessibility apps in the Chrome store. We are currently using Read&Write, Speak it, Readability. Thank you.</p> </div> </li> </li><!-- #comment-## --> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="comment-115217"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8dda33e0f6ca947be43113870e5a887d?s=70&d=mm&r=r' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8dda33e0f6ca947be43113870e5a887d?s=140&d=mm&r=r 2x' class='avatar avatar-70 photo' height='70' width='70' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn"><a href="http://www.zauberkuenstler.biz" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Heinz</a></cite> <div class="commentdate"><a href="https://webaim.org/blog/2012review/#comment-115217"> December 30, 2012</a></div> <div class="comment-content"><p>Thanks for 2012 and your useful articles. I am looking forward to follow your blog in 2013.</p> </div> </li> </li><!-- #comment-## --> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-115713"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2dd37547268edb66e84f875982e9020f?s=70&d=mm&r=r' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2dd37547268edb66e84f875982e9020f?s=140&d=mm&r=r 2x' class='avatar avatar-70 photo' height='70' width='70' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <cite class="fn"><a href="http://katalog-firmy.net" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Cukierski</a></cite> <div class="commentdate"><a href="https://webaim.org/blog/2012review/#comment-115713"> March 12, 2013</a></div> <div class="comment-content"><p>Thanks all. Your toolbar is really great for both checking web pages and also providing training.</p> </div> </li> </li><!-- #comment-## --> </ol> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> </article> <!-- --> <aside id="articlemeta"> <div id="updated">December 20, 2012<br><br> <img src="/blog/authors/1.jpg" alt="" /><br>Jared Smith<br><br> <a href="https://webaim.org/blog/2012review/#comments"><span class="comments">6 Comments</span><br /></a> </div> <div class="sidebox"> <h2>Search the blog</h2> <form role="search" method="get" id="searchform" class="searchform" action="https://webaim.org/blog/"> <div> <label class="screen-reader-text" for="s">Search for:</label> <input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" /> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" /> </div> </form> </div> <div class="sidebox"> <h2>Blog Archives</h2> <ul> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2025/02/'>February 2025</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2025/01/'>January 2025</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2024/11/'>November 2024</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2024/10/'>October 2024</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2024/09/'>September 2024</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2025/'>2025</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2024/'>2024</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2023/'>2023</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2022/'>2022</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2021/'>2021</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2020/'>2020</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2019/'>2019</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2018/'>2018</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2017/'>2017</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2016/'>2016</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2015/'>2015</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2014/'>2014</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2013/'>2013</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2012/'>2012</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2011/'>2011</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2010/'>2010</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2009/'>2009</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2008/'>2008</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2007/'>2007</a></li> <li><a href='https://webaim.org/blog/2006/'>2006</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="/community/rss">RSS Feeds</a></p> </div> </aside> </main> <footer> <div id="footerresources"> <div class="footerblock"> <h2 id="copyright">©2025 WebAIM</h2> <p id="contact"> Utah State University<br> 6807 Old Main Hill<br> Logan, UT 84322-6807<br> <a class="phone" href="tel:4357977024">435.797.7024</a></p> <div id="checkpage"> <h2>Check Your Accessibility</h2> <form action="https://wave.webaim.org/report" novalidate> <label for="waveurl">Web site address:</label> <input type="url" id="waveurl" name="url" title="Web site address"> <input type="submit" value="WAVE"> </form> </div> </div> <div class="footerblock"> <h2 id="blog">From the Blog</h2> <ul><li><a href="/blog/salary-survey-results/">Global Digital Accessibility Salary Survey Results</a></li><li><a href="/blog/join-the-discussion/">Join the Discussion鈥擣rom Your Inbox</a></li><li><a href="/blog/severity-ratings/">Using Severity Ratings to Prioritize Web Accessibility Remediation</a></li><li><a href="/blog/25-tips/">25 Accessibility Tips to Celebrate 25 Years</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="footerblock"> <h2 id="popular">Popular Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/training/virtual">WebAIM Training</a></li> <li><a href="/standards/wcag/checklist">WCAG 2 Checklist</a></li> <li><a href="/newsletter">WebAIM Monthly Newsletter</a></li> <li><a href="/resources/contrastchecker">Color Contrast Checker</a></li> <li><a href="/resources/designers/">Web Accessibility for Designers</a></li> <li><a href="http://wave.webaim.org/">WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="footerlinks"> <ul> <li><a id="footercontact" href="/contact">Contact</a></li> <li><a id="footerabout" href="/about">About</a></li> <li><a id="footerrss" href="/community/rss">RSS Feeds</a></li> <li><a id="footertwit" href="http://twitter.com/webaim">Twitter</a></li> <li><a id="footercopyright" href="/copyright">Copyright & Terms of Use</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </footer> </body> </html>