Re: Emojis and ASCII art requirement for contrast too?

Generally, I treat emojis, ASCII art, etc as graphical objects, and 
evaluate against 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast

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------ Original Message ------
From "Phill Jenkins" <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>
To "WAI Interest Group discussion list" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Date 17/04/2023 19:30:29
Subject Emojis and ASCII art requirement for contrast too?

>WCAG 1.1 does seem to apply to emojis, emoticons, ASCII art, and 
>leetspeak:
>
>               (see https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/html/H86 
><https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/html/H86> Providing text 
>alternatives for emojis, emoticons, ASCII art, and leetspeak)
>
>
>
>However, my question is, does WCAG apply the contrast requirements as 
>well?
>
>Should a person with low-vision or color-blind also be able to perceive 
>emojis, ASCII art, etc.?
>
>               (see 
>https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/contrast-minimum 
><https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/contrast-minimum> “emoji” 
>is not listed)
>
>               text: sequence of characters that can be programmatically 
>determined 
><https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/contrast-minimum#dfn-programmatically-determined>, 
>where the sequence is expressing something in  human language 
><https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/contrast-minimum#dfn-human-language>
>
>             human language: language that is spoken, written or signed 
>(through visual or tactile means) to communicate with humans
>
>             image of text: text that has been rendered in a non-text 
>form (e.g., an image) in order to achieve a particular visual effect.
>
>                         Note: This does not include text 
><https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/contrast-minimum#dfn-text> 
>that is part of a picture that contains significant other visual 
>content.
>
>e.g. A person's name on a nametag in a photograph.
>
>
>
>For example, the following string should have an alternative, but 
>should it also have minimum contrast, or does minimum only apply to 
>human-readable text characters?
>
>¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>
>
>
>If it was the working group’s intent to also include emojis, emoticons, 
>etc. should this be added to an erratum?
>
>
>
>Some references to consider that seem to interpret that emojis, 
>emoticons, and ASCII art should have minimum contrast:
>
>
>
>Minnesota IT Services
>
>Say It With a Face
>
>Accessible Communications with Emojis and Emoticons
>
>Color Contrast: If the emoticon or emoji is used in place of text, 
>select ones that have good color contrast.
>https://mn.gov/mnit/about-mnit/accessibility/news/?id=38-436147
>
>
>
>
>
>Ability Net
>
>Four ways to make emojis accessible
>
>3.Remember to test emoji visibility in both dark and light modes
>
>               
>https://abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs/four-ways-make-emojis-accessible 
><https://abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs/four-ways-make-emojis-accessible>
>
>
>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Phill Jenkins
>
>Accessibility Executive, IBM Design
>
>Equal Access toolkit and accessibility checker at ibm.com/able/ 
><https://www.ibm.com/able/>
>
>linkedin.com/in/philljenkins/ 
><https://www.linkedin.com/in/philljenkins/>
>
>“Without accessibility, there is no diversity and inclusion”
>
>
>

Received on Tuesday, 18 April 2023 07:13:58 UTC