Re: Publication? How people with disabilities use the web

Working on the updates and then back porting them into the old design 
for publication. I’ll let you know when it is done!

Eric

On 22 Dec 2017, at 16:23, Sharron Rush wrote:

> woo hoo! rapid response team, thank you!!
>
> We are officially cleared for take off, Eric please publish How People 
> with
> Disabilities Use the Web.  Since it is a revision to an existing 
> resource,
> I am not sure if official announcements are in order, but we should
> certainly let EO know about it and have spirits lifted by this 
> progress.
>
> Thank you again Norah and Eric -  you have made my holidays merrier 
> for
> sure!
>
> Best,
> Sharron
>
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 9:15 AM, Sinclair, Norah M <
> norah.sinclair@amac.gatech.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sharron and Eric,
>>
>>
>> I saw Eric's previous email and changes to James' comments, but 
>> thought I
>> would wait until the survey closed to make the additional changes in 
>> case
>> there were more. I added comments to the issues: https://github.com/
>> w3c/wai-people-use-web/issues/58
>>
>>
>> - Provided expanded form of CART acronym
>>
>> - Revised long sentences
>>
>>
>> Eric, can you implement the changes from the comments I added?
>>
>>
>> +1 to adding colons and semicolons where needed
>> <https://github.com/w3c/wai-people-use-web/issues/58>
>> [!!] Typos, Grammar, and Other Needed Fixes · Issue #58 ·
>> w3c/wai-people-use-web
>> <https://github.com/w3c/wai-people-use-web/issues/58>
>> github.com
>> Typos: Remove the ) at the end of "He also recently began to explore 
>> the
>> use of assistive touch on his mobile phone which also helps him use 
>> fewer
>> gestures and work for longer periods of time.)" ...
>> 😊
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
>> *Norah Sinclair *
>> Instructional Technology and User Support Specialist
>>
>> AMAC Accessibility Solutions and Research Center
>> Georgia Institute of Technology | College of Design
>> 512 Means Street | Suite 250 | Atlanta, GA 30318
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=512+Means+Street+%7C+Suite+250+%7C+Atlanta,+GA+30318&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>
>>
>> phone 404.894.7432 <(404)%20894-7432>
>> www.amacusg.org
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Sharron Rush <srush@knowbility.org>
>> *Sent:* Friday, December 22, 2017 9:35 AM
>> *To:* Eric Eggert; Sinclair, Norah M
>> *Cc:* EO Planning
>> *Subject:* Re: Publication? How people with disabilities use the web
>>
>> Hi Norah,
>>
>> I am not sure if you are around today, but wanted to get theses
>> considerations in cue for whenever you return.  There are many GitHub
>> Open Issues <https://github.com/w3c/wai-people-use-web/issues> for 
>> the
>> resource but only a couple of them (2) must be addressed now - before
>> publication. Eric has kindly outlined those in his previous email and 
>> I
>> have copied them here:
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Provide expanded form of CART acronym
>>    -
>>
>>    The following 2 sentences are verrrry long. Please break into a
>>    few/simplify. "The university became aware of the need and 
>> requirement to
>>    provide captioned media and transcripts for audio content and is 
>> now
>>    working with a captioning provider to caption all content posted 
>> on
>>    university websites and course content in learning management 
>> systems,
>>    following the WCAG guidelines. In addition to providing access to 
>> the
>>    content for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, the 
>> university has
>>    found that the use of captions and transcripts facilitates easier
>>    production of subtitles in a number of languages and improves the 
>> indexing
>>    of their online content which provides improved search engine 
>> optimization
>>    and improved discoverability of the university’s online 
>> content."
>>
>>
>> Once you have made - or dismissed - these 2 issues, we can clear them 
>> with
>> James and publish.  If you can get to it before the end of the year, 
>> that
>> will be wonderful.  If not please just let me know.
>>
>> Thank you and Merry Christmas!!
>>
>> Sharron
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 5:13 AM, Eric Eggert <ee@w3.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I did not hear a planning team OK for the publication of the stories 
>> from
>> “How people with disabilities use the web”. The survey seems to 
>> be
>> generally in favor of publication:
>>
>> https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35532/ApproveHPWDUW2017/results
>>
>> There are two open pull requests from the review:
>>
>> https://github.com/w3c/wai-people-use-web/pulls
>>
>> And there are several issues opened by Shadi that only need to be
>> addressed when we put the document into the new design, so I 
>> postponed them:
>>
>> https://github.com/w3c/wai-people-use-web/issues?utf8=✓&q=is
>> %3Aopen+is%3Aissue+author%3Anitedog+label%3Awai-redesign-before
>> <https://github.com/w3c/wai-people-use-web/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+author%3Anitedog+label%3Awai-redesign-before>
>>
>> One of the pull requests includes some changes proposed by James:
>>
>> https://github.com/w3c/wai-people-use-web/issues/58
>>
>> But there are still two open issues that the resource manager needs 
>> to
>> address (or dismiss):
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Provide expanded form of CART acronym
>>    -
>>
>>    The following 2 sentences are verrrry long. Please break into a
>>    few/simplify. "The university became aware of the need and 
>> requirement to
>>    provide captioned media and transcripts for audio content and is 
>> now
>>    working with a captioning provider to caption all content posted 
>> on
>>    university websites and course content in learning management 
>> systems,
>>    following the WCAG guidelines. In addition to providing access to 
>> the
>>    content for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, the 
>> university has
>>    found that the use of captions and transcripts facilitates easier
>>    production of subtitles in a number of languages and improves the 
>> indexing
>>    of their online content which provides improved search engine 
>> optimization
>>    and improved discoverability of the university’s online 
>> content."
>>
>> Therefore, and without other direction, I decided to hold off 
>> publication
>> of the stories page until all the changes are implemented.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> --
>>
>> Eric Eggert
>> Web Accessibility Specialist
>> Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sharron Rush | Executive Director | Knowbility.org | @knowbility
>> *Equal access to technology for people with disabilities*
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Sharron Rush | Executive Director | Knowbility.org | @knowbility
> *Equal access to technology for people with disabilities*





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Eric Eggert
Web Accessibility Specialist
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)