Re: Review of XR Accessibility User Requirements COGA

Hi all,

This is a gentle reminder to please follow up with the items below. Also 
David and John can you ping me with your Github user names off list?

Thanks in advance.

Josh

> Joshue O'Connor <mailto:joconnor@w3.org>
> Wednesday 12 May 2021 16:13
> Hi John, Lisa and David,
>
> We reviewed these suggested user needs and requirements in the 
> research questions meeting today (minutes here 
> https://www.w3.org/2021/05/12-rqtf-minutes.html).
>
> Can you please give us some more info on the following?
>
> [New User Need] 4.20 Wayfinding - Review of XR Accessibility User 
> Requirements COGA [1]
>
> Q: RQTF would like some more information on the user case for mono, 
> and we are not clear why this is especially a use case for low vision? 
> Can you please clarify?
>
> Also regarding: [New User Need] 4.21 Understanding Actionable Targets 
> - Review of XR Accessibility User Requirements COGA #181 [2]
>
> While there was some agreement that this is an interesting request in 
> terms of how interaction affordances can be translated across 
> modalities (and that this is important) - the group thought while the 
> user need is clear we need more detail around suggested 
> requirements/implementation. For example, the XAUR already states the 
> need for personalization support for people with cognitive disabilites 
> (as a user need with a related requirement):
>
> User Need 3: Users with cognitive and learning disabilities may need 
> to personalise the immersive experience in various ways.
> REQ 3a: Support Symbol sets so they can be used to communicate and 
> layered over objects and items to convey affordances or other needed 
> information in way that can be understood according to user preference.
>
> https://raw.githack.com/w3c/apa/6d5bf713d9d7c65ecda104c213ad47b0e98cfbe1/xaur/index.html#immersive-personalisation 
>
>
> This would seem to already cover the actionable target use case that 
> you suggest. Any extra details on your thinking and a response to the 
> suggestion that the actionable targets case  may be covered, would be 
> great. I've also added these questions to Github so please feel free 
> to reply there (whatever works).
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Josh
>
> [1] https://github.com/w3c/apa/issues/180
> [2] https://github.com/w3c/apa/issues/181
>
>
> John Kirkwood <mailto:kirkwood@citymouse.com>
> Saturday 1 May 2021 03:11
>
>
> Upon review of draft XR Accessibility User Requirements 
> <https://raw.githack.com/w3c/apa/6d5bf713d9d7c65ecda104c213ad47b0e98cfbe1/xaur/index.html> we 
> propose the addition of the following paragraphs:
>
>
>
>
>       4.20 Wayfinding
>
>
>  *
>
>     User Need 20:Users with limited vision and spatial orientation
>     impairments may have issues orienting and navigating.
>
>  *
>
>     REQ 20:Provide clear landmarks.clear landmarks either visual or
>     audio landmarks to follow or to enable return to paths. Provide
>     visual land marks.  Mono audio sound to be sent to both headphones
>     so that the user can perceive and navigate and remember the
>     landscape and enable return paths.
>
>
>       4.21 Understanding Actionable Targets
>
>  *
>
>     User Need 21: Users with cognitive impairments need to understand
>     what items in a visual display are actionable targets, and how to
>     interact with them.
>
>  *
>     REQ 21a: Targets that are actionable should be clearly  indicated
>  *
>
>     REQ 21b:Users need to be provided a clear understanding of how to
>     interact with actionable targets. For example, a slider, where the
>     user needs to click and drag.
>
>
>
>
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