Re: Agenda: Low Vision Task Force 24 May 2018

Jon,
this is a good point and something to consider in the survey.

all, I created a wiki page for the survey questions. please edit/comment as
needed.
https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Low_Vision_Survey

on the Silver side...
thinking about the interaction between text spacing and variable fonts....
users should be able to adjust the font to meet their needs. Playing on the
https://v-fonts.com/ and using the Text Spacing Bookmarklet (
http://www.html5accessibility.com/tests/tsbookmarklet.html) together. They
worked well together, content wrapped. it assumes the page is designed
well.
I especially like the font-variable widget on the page.
It would be nice to see a generic widget to change text-spacing and
font-weight and font-width that could be include on any page.
Jim

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 10:46 AM Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@levelaccess.com>
wrote:

> Hi Jim, could you also add font, font thinness/thickness, etc. to the
> list.  I’m starting to see many thin fonts that don’t’ seem to be readable
> with low resolution are in general harder for some to read text.  Variable
> fonts are here and it might be helpful to understand the impact.    It
> could be as simple as do you find the way certain text appears – not the
> size -- but the thinness/thickness or shape of the letters impact you.  I
> believe this is more in line with some of the topics covered by Shawn’s
> survey.
>
>
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> *From:* Jim Allan [mailto:jimallan@tsbvi.edu]
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 24, 2018 10:21 AM
> *To:* public-low-vision-a11y-tf
> *Subject:* Re: Agenda: Low Vision Task Force 24 May 2018
>
>
>
> thoughts on questions inline
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 1:52 PM Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu> wrote:
>
> Results from low vision survey (2013)
> https://webaim.org/projects/lowvisionsurvey
>
>
>
> below is the list of questions asked
>
>    - Please rate your level of vision moderate, low vision, very low
>    vision
>    - Select your age 0-20, 21-40, 41-60, 60+
>    - Is your low vision primarily caused by age?  y/n
>    - Please rate your proficiency using the Internet – advanced,
>    intermediate, beginner
>    - When you read or browse the web, do you wear glasses or contact
>    lenses? y/n
>
> ​ (
>
> ​not sure glasses question is necessary​
>
>
>
>
>    - ​
>
>
>
>    - Which of the following is your primary device for navigating the
>    web? Desktop, laptop, mobile
>
> ​perhaps add tablet. when I hear mobile, I think phone, not tablet​
>
>
>
>
>    -
>    - Which of the following do you frequently use? (Select all that
>    apply) screenreader, screen mag software, browser zoom, browser text size
>    control, high contrast mode, custom page color or style sheets
>
> ​add other with blank for more info​
>
>
>
>
>    -
>    - Operating System – windows, ios, apple, android, linux
>    - Which of the following is your primary web browser? IE, firefox,
>    chrome, safari, opera, other
>
> ​add blank for more info​
>
>
>
>
>    -
>    - Respondents with JavaScript enabled y/n
>    - Which of the following is your primary desktop/laptop screen reader?
>    Zoomtext, jaws, voiceover, nvda, system access, window-eyes, magic with
>    speech, chromevox, other
>
> ​add NONE - tease out the zoom or textsize bumper only users​
>
>
>
>
>    -
>    - Which of the following is your primary mobile platform? Apple
>    idevice, android, nokia, blackberry windows phone, other, no response
>
> ​add tablets - covered in apple but not droid (chromebook and all others)
> or windows​
>
>
>
>
>    -
>    - Do you use the accessibility settings or accessibility software on a
>    mobile phone or tablet? y/n
>    - How often do you use the keyboard for web page navigation? Always,
>    often, sometimes, seldom, never
>    - Without applying any zoom, text, or page magnification, how do you
>    find the size of text on web pages to be? Too big, too small, just right
>
> ​what about default page size? ​
>
>
>
>
>    -
>    - Some pages include controls for users to increase the text size on
>    that page. How useful to you are these text resizing widgets? Very useful,
>    somewhat useful, not useful at all
>    - Do you wish more pages included text resizing widgets? y/n
>    - Some pages include controls for users to select other styles,
>    increase contrast, or to change the colors on that page. How useful to you
>    are these controls? Very useful, somewhat useful, not useful at all
>    - Approximately what level of magnification do you most commonly use?
>    No mag, less than 2x 200%, 2x or 200%, 3x or 300%, 4x or 400% or larger
>    - How important is adequate color contrast between foreground and
>    background text to you? Very important, somewhat important, not very, not
>    at all
>    - How useful are 'Skip to Main Content' or 'Skip Navigation' links to
>    you? Very important, somewhat important, not very, not at all
>
> ​heading navigation extension?​
>
>
>
>
>    -
>    - Which of the following best describes your feelings regarding the
>    accessibility of web content over the previous year? More accessible, no
>    change, less accessible
>    - In general, how accessible are social media web sites to you? Very
>    accessible, somewhat accessible, somewhat inaccessible, very inaccessible,
>    I don’t know
>
> ​lvtf areas
>
> reflow
>
> text spacing
>
> non-text contrast - specifically focus, form controls, image stuff
>
> hover​
>
>
>
>
>    -
>    - Pick top 3 Problematic items from list
>
> 1. Content that becomes unreadable when enlarged
>
> 2. Poor contrast
>
> 3. CAPTCHA - images presenting text used to verify that you are a human
> user
>
> 4. Pop-up windows or dialog boxes
>
> 5. Complex or difficult forms
>
> 6. Too many links or navigation items
>
> 7. Missing or improper headings
>
> 8. Poor keyboard accessibility
>
> 9. Complex data tables
>
> 10. Lack of skip to main content links
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 1:29 PM Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu> wrote:
>
> Full meeting
>
>
>
> Time: 11:00 am Eastern Time (GMT-04:00)
>
> IRC: irc.w3.org:6665/  #lvtf
>
> Teleconference connection info (requires W3C login permission):
> https://www.w3.org/2017/08/01-lvtf-info.html
>
>
>
> Availability for Upcoming LVTF Teleconferences Survey
> <https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/81151/LVTF-telecons/>
>
>
>
> Agenda+ TPAC October
>
> Agenda+ techniques update
>
>
> https://rawgit.com/w3c/wcag21/tech-spacing-override/techniques/css/spacing-override.html
>
> Agenda+ understanding update. 1.4.11
>
> Agenda+ rebooting WebAIM low vision survey - Jared Smith
>
>
>
> --
>
> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
>
> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
> voice 512.206.9315    fax: 512.206.9452 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
>
> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
>
> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
> voice 512.206.9315    fax: 512.206.9452 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
>
> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
>
> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
> voice 512.206.9315    fax: 512.206.9452 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
>
> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
>


-- 
Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
voice 512.206.9315    fax: 512.206.9452 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
"We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964