Re: Missing descriptions for automatabilty of capabilities

These are now in our doc.

Thanks, Jason!
Janina


Jason Taylor writes:
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> I have just worked on the capabilities missing a good description to the automatabilty. I have not changed any of the status (example - In many cases), only added notes around the predictability etc for each that were missing a description after the -
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> Regards
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> Provide Tooltips
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> Automatability: In many cases???Automation can generate tooltips for certain elements by leveraging metadata and contextual cues. However, ensuring that tooltips provide meaningful, non-redundant, and contextually relevant information requires human oversight, especially in complex interfaces where automated placement might obstruct critical content.
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> Indicate Language
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> Automatability: In many cases???Automated detection can infer the primary language of a webpage using existing metadata or linguistic models. However, in multilingual content or cases where code-level declarations conflict with actual text, human verification is required to ensure proper tagging.
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> Provide Video Captions
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> Automatability: In many cases???Automated captions can be generated using AI-based speech recognition tools, but these often introduce inaccuracies, especially for domain-specific terminology, multiple speakers, or background noise. Human review is necessary to ensure proper synchronization and contextual correctness.
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> Optimize Cursor Size
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> Automatability: In many cases???While browser settings and CSS adjustments can enlarge the cursor automatically, ensuring consistency across different operating systems and user environments may require manual intervention. Certain interactive elements may also require testing to prevent visual overlap.
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> Optimize Hyperlink Visibility
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> Automatability: In many cases???Automated tools can modify the styling of hyperlinks to increase visibility, but ensuring that these changes align with the website???s design and usability principles requires human evaluation. Edge cases, such as images serving as links without clear indicators, often require manual adjustments.
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> Supply a Reading Guide
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> Automatability: In many cases???Automated solutions can generate visual reading guides, but ensuring they do not interfere with interactive elements or page scrolling behavior requires careful testing. Personalization options for individual users may also need manual configuration.
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> Animation Control
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> Automatability: In some cases???Automated solutions can detect and pause animations using CSS and JavaScript settings, but some animations embedded in third-party content or complex JavaScript frameworks may require manual intervention to ensure they do not disrupt user experience.
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> Auto-play Videos
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> Automatability: In some cases???Automated detection can identify auto-playing media elements and attempt to pause them, but some implementations???such as dynamically loaded video players or embedded content???may not be intercepted reliably without human adjustments.
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> Form Labels
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> Automatability: In many cases???Automation can detect and add missing labels by analyzing form structures, but ensuring meaningful and contextually appropriate labels still requires human input. Automated fixes may not always reflect the intended purpose of a given form field.
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> Validate Accessibility of Forms Interaction
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> Automatability: In some cases???Automated tools can detect form validation errors and announce them via assistive technologies, but verifying usability across different screen readers and ensuring appropriate messaging still requires human testing.
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> Expose Structural Semantics
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> Automatability: In many cases???Automated tools can infer structural semantics based on patterns in HTML elements, but resolving ambiguous cases???such as distinguishing between layout tables and data tables???requires human validation to ensure correct interpretation.
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> Support Semantic Navigation
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> Automatability: In many cases???Automated tools can generate semantic navigation based on HTML structure, but ensuring accuracy in complex web applications or non-standard markup requires manual review to optimize user experience.
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> Provide Keyboard Navigation Enhancements
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> Automatability: In many cases???Automated solutions can enhance keyboard navigation by adjusting focus indicators, but verifying usability across different devices and ensuring no interference with existing site functionality requires manual testing.
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> Clarify Interactive Elements Status & Functionality
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> Automatability: In no significant way???Automation can identify interactive elements, but ensuring clarity in all contexts???such as differentiating between disabled and active buttons???requires manual input to avoid misinterpretation.
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> Ensure External Link Target Notification
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> Automatability: In many cases???Automated tools can flag links opening in new tabs and label them appropriately, but confirming that this does not create usability issues or conflict with user expectations requires human validation.
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> Clarify Ambiguous Links
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> Automatability: In many cases???Automated tools can replace generic link text (e.g., ???click here???) with inferred descriptions, but ensuring that the new text is both accurate and meaningful within the page???s context still requires manual oversight.
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> Support Dictionary On Demand
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> Automatability: In no significant way???Automated tools can link words to dictionary entries, but understanding contextual meaning and ensuring that definitions do not introduce confusion requires human input.
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> Support Live Site Translations
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> Automatability: In many cases???Automated translation services can provide real-time language adaptation, but ensuring translation accuracy???especially for technical or industry-specific terminology???requires human validation.
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> Read Content Aloud
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> Automatability: In many cases???Automated TTS can read content aloud, but proper pronunciation of abbreviations, domain-specific terms, and complex layouts requires human oversight to optimize the user experience.
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> Disambiguate Numbers and Strings of Digits for TTS
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> Automatability: In some cases???Automated tools can infer number formats, but ensuring correct pronunciation for different contexts (e.g., phone numbers vs. mathematical values) requires manual input and predefined rules.
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> Provide Appropriate Acronym Expansion with TTS
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> Automatability: In some cases???Automated tools can expand acronyms using predefined databases, but ensuring contextual accuracy???especially for ambiguous abbreviations???requires human oversight.
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> Reset All Personalizations
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> Automatability: In no significant way???While automation can revert settings to defaults, ensuring that all user-configurable options are properly reset without unintended consequences requires manual validation.
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Received on Thursday, 27 February 2025 17:20:21 UTC