- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:51:14 -0500
- To: Geoff Freed <geoff_freed@wgbh.org>
- Cc: HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
Hi Geoff, I will be leaving the HTMLWG and accessibility task force shortly as Judy sent me the link to the form. But before I go I wanted to add to you're statement: > Publishers in America have used it extensively in the past and are continuing to use it today as it's the best *available* method to deliver long descriptions to students that need them. longdesc improves accessibility in practice: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2012Sep/att-0025/comments-mt.html#practice Notably the two sister sites Statistics Canada and Statistique Canada began consistently using longdesc in "The Daily" publication. "The Daily" produces statistics on a business-day basis that help Canadians better understand their country, its population, resources, economy, society and culture. Please refer to Statistics Canada and Statistique Canada for detailed evidence. http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/ld.html#statcan http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/ld.html#statcanf longdesc is experiencing increased usage in the wild http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2012Sep/att-0025/comments-mt.html#increasedusage Take care. Best Regards, Laura -- Laura L. Carlson
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