Re: Proposed Joint ARIA+APA MTg Date & Time

Hi Janina,

Thank you! I'm curious and looking forward to reading it.

Cynthia

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 4:31 AM Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:

> Hi, Cynthia:
>
> I agree I owe everyone a better explanation of agenda. This is not that
> email. Rather, it's a quick acknowledgement. I'll need another day or so
> to get a better framing message together.
>
> Meanwhile, thanks for reading the Pronunciation spec. It's what I mean
> when I refer to "near term problems" in AAPIs, because we have no
> mechanism to support screen readers. We also have a gap between AT and
> browsers over how we should structure providing spans of SSML:
>
> AT
>
> https://github.com/w3c/pronunciation/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3AAT
>
> Browsers
>
> https://github.com/w3c/pronunciation/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3ABrowsers
>
>
>
>  This "near term problem" was easier to define. I'll get a more thorough
>  message out before week's end.
>
>  Best,
>
>  Janina
>
> Cynthia Shelly writes:
> > I missed this too. Tuesday at 9 Pacific works for me, and I see that's
> what
> > you've added to the TPAC Calendar.
> >
> > Janina,
> > Can you provide more background on why people think Accessibility APIs
> > might be end-of-life? I've looked through the pronunciation spec and
> > issues, and I'm not seeing how those lead to this conclusion.
> >
> > Agenda item, for reference
> >
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/wiki/Meetings/TPAC_2021#APA_.26_ARIA:_The_Future_of_Accessibility_APIs
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 10:15 AM James Nurthen <nurthen@adobe.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Janina,
> > > Sorry for the delay - this ended up in my Spam filter. Messages from
> you
> > > often do on many of my mail systems - I have not been able to stop this
> > > happening no matter how many times I mark them as not spam.
> > > Tuesday is my preference. If we get interest we could repeat the
> > > discussion later in the day as you propose.
> > > Can you please arrange and I'll publicize in our meeting this week.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > James
> > > ------------------------------
> > > *From:* Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
> > > *Sent:* Friday, October 15, 2021 8:17 AM
> > > *To:* W3C WAI ARIA <public-aria@w3.org>
> > > *Cc:* W3C WAI Accessible Platform Architectures <public-apa@w3.org>;
> > > public-pronunciation@w3.org <public-pronunciation@w3.org>
> > > *Subject:* Proposed Joint ARIA+APA MTg Date & Time
> > >
> > > Following on our conversation during the ARIA teleconference yesterday,
> > > 14 October, I would like to propose a 2-hour time slot for our joint
> > > meeting as follows:
> > >
> > > First Choice
> > > Tuesday 26 October beginning 1600 UTC / Noon Boston / 9:00 AM Seattle
> > >
> > > This would avoid the RTC meeting James was asking about.
> > >
> > > Second Choice:
> > > Friday 29 October one hour earlier in the day ...
> > > 1500 UTC / 11:00 AM Boston / 8:00 AM Seattle
> > >
> > > I believe most of our participants are North America and Europe.
> > > However, I am personally open to scheduling a second conversation at an
> > > hour more friendly to Asia and Australia. So, if there's desire I would
> > > propose:
> > >
> > > Is there interest for:
> > >
> > > Third Choice:
> > > Wednesday 27 October at Midnight UTC:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=APA+Teleconference&iso=20211026T20&p1=43&ah=1
> > >
> > > This would be 8:00 PM Tuesday in Boston and 5:00 PM Tuesday in Seattle
> > >
> > > Please indicate your interest and preference for any of the above three
> > > options.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Janina
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Janina Sajka
> > > https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka
> > >
> > > Linux Foundation Fellow
> > > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org
> > >
> > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> > > Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures
> http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
>
> Janina Sajka
> https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka
>
> Linux Foundation Fellow
> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org
>
> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures     http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
>
>