Gutenberg Accessibility Audit Postponed Indefinitely

Discussion surrounding Gutenberg’s independent accessibility audit is heating up. Two weeks ago, Matthew MacPherson, who was named WordPress 5.0’s new accessibility lead, proposed the audit and agreed to it being performed by an independent third party. The audit had gained strong support among accessibility contributors and others following the ticket. After soliciting detailed proposals from four companies, MacPherson has since rescinded the offer to coordinate the audit at this time and it seems he was unaware that he didn’t have the authority to authorize it in the first place.
“For at least the time being, Automattic has decided to forgo conducting an Accessibility audit on Gutenberg,” MacPherson said. He cited the following reasons:
“an audit will not be actionable given our release timeline, because…
the audit will not affect release timing, so…
it would be more prudent to explore an audit on a less rushed timeline in the future”
MacPherson apologized for “getting hopes up and then failing the community” on this particular issue. He is supportive of getting an audit but it is not a priority to complete before
Source: https://managewp.org/articles/17990/gutenberg-accessibility-audit-postponed-indefinitely

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