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A passion for the Web. An even greater passion for humanity.

Fast Facts:

  • Created by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web; and led by CEO Steve Bratt (see Our History)
  • Mission: Advance the Web to empower people
  • First announced in 2008 and operationally-launched on 15 November 2009
  • Organization: International not-for-profit:
  • Seed funding: From John S and James L Knight Foundation and its Media Innovation Initiative.
  • Program funding: Through charitable donations and partnerships.
  • Types of activities: In-the-field training and tools to support creation of Web services; advancement of the next-general Web research and technology to make the Web accessible to all people; and assisting other organizations to leverage Web technologies to better communicate, collaborate, create and scale. (see Programs, Projects)

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Executive Summary

See our printable two-page Executive Summary for an overview of the Web Foundation’s vision, mission, challenges and programs.

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Web Foundation at SpeechTEK 2010

Jul 30, 2010 • Max Froumentin

On Wednesday 4 August, I will be leading a discussion on speech technologies in the developing world at the SpeechTEK 2010 conference, in New York City. At the Foundation, we believe that speech technology is crucial for bringing Web access to the 4.8 billion people who have basic mobile phones and/or who are illiterate. Voice access [...]

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