Proposals for imporved accessibility

I wanted to add 2 more suggestions to the "potentials for inclusion" section of the Wiki

1. Interoperable symbol set codes for Non Vocal people. Products for people who are non vocal often use symbolys to help users comunicate. These symbols are in fact peoples language.
Unfortuatly many of these symbols are both subject to copy write AND not interoprabel. That means end-users can only use one device, and can not use apps or AT from a different company.
I was thinking that if we made an open set of symbol codes for these symbol sets, then they can be interoproble. That means the end use could buy the symbols and use them across diffrent devices or applications. They would still be proprietary but they would also be interoperable.

2. There should be a standard way to get an operator  in Voice ML systems (like phone menus). For example pressing 0 could always take you to a human operator. Although not all systems will conform, at least vital services could have useable phone service for people with low working memory and other cognitive disabilities.

Other ideas from the last few calls included biometrics for capture and security (with a choice/options)


All the best

Lisa Seeman

Athena ICT Accessibility Projects 
LinkedIn, Twitter





---- On Thu, 27 Mar 2014 17:46:39 +0200 lisa.seeman<lisa.seeman@zoho.com> wrote ---- 


Hi Folks

I have made a initial schedule until the end of April, for people to present their user group findings (hopefully on the wiki) and technolgy reviews. If you need more time let me know as soon as possible. If you are stuck let me know and I can add a person to your subgroup.

They are:
Monday  31 March:
Liddy on ISO
Possibly review of GPII by Gregg Vanderheiden

Aging and dementia  (Katie, Elle Waters and Mary Jo)
Proposals for improved accessibility

Monday 7th April

Down Syndrome (John Folit Debra Ruh) 

Non Verbal (Joseph O Conner and Kinshuk) 
Cognitive labels and tags - Jim Allan

Dyslexia (Lisa Seeman with Cynthia Shelly) 
Monday 14 th April
ADD / ADHD (Barry Johnson,  Suzanne Taylor, Katherine Mancuso, and Michel Fitos)
Asphasia (Deborah Dahl, Avi Gloden)
Review of APPL by Suzanne Taylor
Monday 21 th April
Autism (Mark Sadecki, Suzanne Taylor, Elle Waters and Katherine Mancuso: 

ARIA overview by Cynthia Shelly
Edits on  Dyscalculia
Edits on Aging and dementia
Monday 28 th April
CSS by Tim Boland and review of feasibility of  PTSD

Edits on Down Syndrom, Non-verbal 
Review of proposals for improved accessibility
Review of  RDFA   by Lisa Seeman

We still need reviews for more technologies, including Web components, Voice ML,  and annotations.

All the best

Lisa Seeman

Athena ICT Accessibility Projects
LinkedIn, Twitter





---- On Sun, 09 Mar 2014 09:50:57 +0200 <lisa.seeman@zoho.com> wrote ---- 


Note that the time has changed in some countries 

What:    The Cognitive Accessibility Task Force Teleconference 
When:    Monday 10th March
UTC (GMT)-time: Monday, March 10, 2014 at 16:00:00
11am Austin time
12pm Boston and New York 
4 pm GMT London 
6 pm IST Israel 

Please verify the correct time of this meeting in your time zone using the Fixed Time Clock at: 
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=The+Cognitive+Accessibility+Task+Force+%28Weekly+Call%29&iso=20140310T12&p1=43&ah=1


Call Details
Dial the W3C Zakim bridge at: +1.617.761.6200 (This is a U.S. number). 

You should be asked for a pass code, 
This is 
2642 
(coga) 


Other Information (less important)
 
SIP:
If you have SIP you can call  sip: zakim@voip.w3.org 
The pass code is the same as for the normal phone.
 
Instructions for connecting using SIP: 
http://www.w3.org/2006/tools/wiki/Zakim-SIP 
Place for users to contribute additional VoIP tips. 
http://www.w3.org/2006/tools/wiki/Zakim-SIP-tips 
 

During the conference you can manage your participation with Zakim 
commands as follows: 
 61# to mute yourself 
 60# to unMute yourself 
 41# to raise your hand (enter speaking queue) 
 40# to lower your hand (exit speaking queue) 
 
The system acknowledges these commands with a rapid, three-tone 
confirmation. Mobile phone users especially should use the mute 
function 
if they don't have a mute function in their phone. But the hand-raising 
function is a good idea for anyone not using IRC. 
 
IRC access 
 
An IRC channel will be available. The server is 
irc.w3.org, 
The port number is 6665 (Note this is not the normal default) and 
The channel is #coga.


Preliminary Agenda 
 
Meeting:The Cognitive Accessibility Task Force Teleconference 
Chair: Lisa_Seeman

agenda: this 
agenda+ preview agenda 
agenda+ Set scribe
agenda+ Any new issues and  introductions
agenda+ CSUN and WCAG. No meeting next week.
agenda+ Aging 
agenda+ Review of other work done 
agenda+ Actions
agenda+ be done 

 
Resource: For Reference 
Home Page:    http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/cognitive-a11y-tf/
Work Statement: http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/cognitive-a11y-tf/work-statement
Email Archive:    http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-cognitive-a11y-tf/
Wiki Main Page:  http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/cognitive-a11y-tf/wiki/Main_Page
Wiki Gap Analysis: http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/cognitive-a11y-tf/wiki/Gap_Analysis

 
* Some helpful Scribing and Participation Tips 
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/wiki/Teleconference_cheat_sheet 
 
 
- For more on W3C use of IRC see: 
http://www.w3.org/Project/IRC/ 

All the best

Lisa Seeman

Athena ICT Accessibility Projects
LinkedIn, Twitter














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