Re: COGA’s feedback on Collaboration Tools Accessibility User Requirements

Hi David

Can you coordinate a week were we can go to the RTQF meeting and go though
them?

All the best
Lisa

On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 6:15 PM David Swallow <dswallow@tpgi.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Over the last few months, I have been communicating COGA’s feedback on
> Collaboration Tools Accessibility User Requirements (CTAUR) to the Research
> Questions Task Force (RQTF) who created the document.
>
> Although RQTF welcomed all feedback, and there has been a lot of
> discussion, they pushed back on quite a few issues due to them being out of
> scope. This is typically where:
>
>    - COGA’s feedback doesn’t pertain specifically to collaborative tools,
>    but rather to software in general.
>    - RQTF felt a particular issue was already covered in CTAUR.
>    - RQTF felt a particular issue was about a very specific environment
>    and not generalizable enough.
>    - An issue was explained from the perspective of a person with
>    cognitive disabilities, but the document doesn’t explain it from the
>    perspective of any other user group, so it would seem odd to mention them
>    specifically.
>
>
> Due to the number of issues rejected, it was felt that a meeting between
> COGA and RQTF would be useful, as this would allow members of COGA who feel
> strongly about a particular issue to make their case.
>
> Unfortunately, because of how COGA gathered feedback in a Google Doc, some
> of the comments have become disconnected from the person who created them.
> So, it’s difficult to know who might want to attend a meeting. We know
> John, Jennie, and Lisa gave some of the feedback, but there will be others.
>
>
> I've created a document which attempts to summarize COGA’s feedback on
> CTAUR to RQTF as well as RQTF’s response, to allow COGA members to decide
> on whether they would like to join the COGA-RQTF meeting. The first few
> issues have ‘additional response from COGA’ as we managed to discuss these
> issues.
>
> *Please have a look through the document, particularly at the issues that
> RQTF have rejected, and if you see something that you feel needs further
> discussion, let us know.*
>
>
>    - COGA’s feedback on Collaboration Tools Accessibility User
>    Requirements:
>    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CFJoA8DHst31mej6o2en49wXhoMMLVe15fUzQB-owk8/edit?usp=sharing
>
>
>
>    - For reference, COGA’s original feedback on CTAUR can be found here:
>    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CJhBYRI-zk2rl_mohHZ63xAGZxzpDMxhHhXT66bjFBI/edit?usp=sharing
>
>    - The latest version of CTAUR (which may have changed slightly since
>    COGA provided feedback) can be found here: https://w3c.github.io/ctaur/
>
>
> Any questions, let me know!
>
> David Swallow
> Principal UX Consultant
>
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