W3C home > Mailing lists > Public > public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org > July 2016

Re: 1.4.2 audio control, do we want to require the stop mechanism to be more discoverable?

From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:35:21 -0500
Message-ID: <CAOavpvdwvV+ihUiPf=fOf7xsYsonE==YavVhFRt8jSgtnbgF2A@mail.gmail.com>
To: Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Elledge <melledge@yahoo.com>, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>, "White, Jason J" <jjwhite@ets.org>, public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org, WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Hi Katie,

In addition to people with cognitive and emotional disabilities, we
can add people with vestibular disabilities.

Kindest Regards,
Laura

On 7/12/16, Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com> wrote:
> And, I might point out that auto-playing of audio is extremely distracting
> an disorienting for persons with cognitive and emotional disabilities –
> especially when the mechanism to turn off autoplay is not extremely
> clear…..
>
>
>
> ​​​​​
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> * katie *
>
>
>
> Katie Haritos-Shea
> Principal ICT Accessibility Architect (WCAG/Section 508/ADA/AODA)
>
>
>
> Cell: 703-371-5545 |  <mailto:ryladog@gmail.com> ryladog@gmail.com | Oakton,
> VA |  <http://www.linkedin.com/in/katieharitosshea/> LinkedIn Profile |
> Office: 703-371-5545 |  <https://twitter.com/Ryladog> @ryladog
>
>
>
> From: Mike Elledge [mailto:melledge@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 9:21 AM
> To: David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>; White, Jason J
> <jjwhite@ets.org>
> Cc: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> Subject: Re: 1.4.2 audio control, do we want to require the stop mechanism
> to be more discoverable?
>
>
>
> It seems to me that Mute, though helpful, isn't the same thing as preventing
> autoplay. There are times when I may want to postpone, rather than mute,
> audio or video. Could an easy-to-discover method be added to Techniques? We
> already cover user control over media in WCAG 2.0.
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 2:54 AM, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca
> <mailto:david100@sympatico.ca> > wrote:
>
>
>
> Yup, works in FF on MAC and Windows.
>
> Any way to do this with a keyboard in Chrome, Safari and other browsers? If
> so, perhaps EO can help find a way to get the word out to other users ... I
> don't think many know about it, and plenty of users are dogged with autoplay
> messing up their screen readers.
>
> It seems to me, given that CTL+M does it, that no site can fail 1.4.2
> because a mechanism is available in at least one accessibility supported
> stack.
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> David MacDonald
>
>
>
> CanAdapt Solutions Inc.
>
> Tel:  613.235.4902
>
> LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmacdonald100>
>
>
> twitter.com/davidmacd <http://twitter.com/davidmacd>
>
>  <https://github.com/DavidMacDonald> GitHub
>
> www.Can-Adapt.com <http://www.can-adapt.com/>
>
>
>
>   Adapting the web to all users
>
>             Including those with disabilities
>
>
>
> If you are not the intended recipient, please review our privacy policy
> <http://www.davidmacd.com/disclaimer.html>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 7:54 PM, White, Jason J <jjwhite@ets.org
> <mailto:jjwhite@ets.org> > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> From: David MacDonald [mailto:david100@sympatico.ca
> <mailto:david100@sympatico.ca> ]
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 5:51 PM
>
> perhaps it is sufficient... I've never heard of an end user doing that, and
> I've heard plenty of complaints about auto play....
>
> ​
>
> Maybe we should ask some people who are blind... not sure how discoverable
>
> ​by keyboard it is
>
> I don't see a shortcut
> https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/157179?hl=en
>
> I see the letter "M" in MUTE is underlined in Windows, but ALT-M didn't do
> it... ​don't see any hints on a mac.
>
> It's super easy with mouse :(
>
> [Jason] Ctrl-m did it for me under Mozilla Firefox. It worked as documented.
> Thank you for the reference.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>   _____
>
>
> This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may contain privileged or
> confidential information. It is solely for use by the individual for whom it
> is intended, even if addressed incorrectly. If you received this e-mail in
> error, please notify the sender; do not disclose, copy, distribute, or take
> any action in reliance on the contents of this information; and delete it
> from your system. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited.
>
>
>
> Thank you for your compliance.
>
>
>   _____
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
Laura L. Carlson
Received on Tuesday, 12 July 2016 15:42:48 UTC

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thursday, 24 March 2022 20:23:56 UTC