- From: Léonie Watson <lwatson@tetralogical.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 08:23:04 +0100
- To: "Gottfried Zimmermann (Lists)" <zimmermann@accesstechnologiesgroup.com>, 'W3C WAI Accessible Platform Architectures' <public-apa@w3.org>
- Cc: strobbe@hdm-stuttgart.de
These suggested properties are worth further discussion with the CSS WG, but I think it would be better to file issues against future versions of the spec, rather than bring them up as part of a review. On 30/06/2020 20:13, Gottfried Zimmermann (Lists) wrote: > Action item 2239 <https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/track/actions/2239>has been > on my list for a long time. I propose we discuss our response to the CSS > working group, in particular with regard to additional media features > that we might envision. Note: I plan to be on the APA call tomorrow. > > Here is my draft for discussion: > > <draft> > > Media queries level 5 holds promises towards personal user interfaces on > the Web. We welcome the new media features, in particular those that > can help to meet a user's specific needs due to a disability or > situational circumstances (e.g. user preference and environment media > features). Although we share your concerns about active fingerprinting, > we do not see an alternative solution that provides similar > opportunities for automatic personalization of user interfaces on the web. > > If possible, we would like to see additional media features expressing > user preferences for the sake of accessibility (cf. Christophe Strobbe's > inventory of GPII common terms at > https://remexlabs.github.io/GTx_HDM1.2aX/gpii-common-terms.html): > > ·captionsEnabled: true / false. Captions could be enabled automatically. > > ·audioDescriptionEnabled: true / false. An alternative video (with AD) > could be loaded. > > ·signLanguageEnabled: true / false. An alternative video (in sign > language) could be loaded. > > ·signLanguage: language tag conforming to IETF BCP 47, for selecting an > appropriate sign language video. > > ·pictogramsEnabled (true / false): Determines whether pictograms should > be added to support people with a reading disability or a general > cognitive disability. > > ·displaySkiplinks (always, onfocus, never). Authors could show or > suppress a skip-link. > > ·tableOfContents (true / false): Authors could show a table of contents > at the beginning of a page. > > ·sessionTimeout (Integer in seconds): Determines how many seconds a user > can remain inactive before a session times out. People with certain > specific disabilities need longer session timeouts. This would serve a > need in WCAG 2, SC 2.2.1 Timing Adjustable (A). > > ·selfVoicingEnabled (true / false): Determines whether a Web > application's self-voicing feature should be enabled. > > </draft> > > Best regards, > > Gottfried > > ___________________________________________________ > > Prof. Dr. Gottfried Zimmermann > > Access Technologies Group, Germany > > ___________________________________________________ > -- Director @TetraLogical https://tetralogical.com
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