- From: Robert J Burns <rob@robburns.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:07:11 +0300
- To: "David Poehlman" <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>
- Cc: <public-html@w3.org>
Hi David, The problem you encounter here (with the word "this" means to convey "red text with a red border" and the absence of any equivalent CSS speech properties) is the key use case that my earlier proposal[1] (much disparaged and little understood[2]) was meant to address. Consider that if the author of the HTML5 draft can neglect to add suitable media independent markup and CSS, then it is probably a fairly common occurrence. We can try to address that by raising awareness, but I think even with 100% awareness, authors and users would still benefit from a media independent solution that adheres to the separation of semantics and style such as what I proposed in the semantic-presentation legend[1]. Take care, Rob [1]: <http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/SemanticPresentationLegendCSS> [2]: <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Jul/0408.html> On Aug 5, 2008, at 12:32 AM, David Poehlman wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm reading through the draft an under stability, JAWS renders: > "Some of the more major known issues are marked like this." > > Taken from the one page version at: > http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/ > > There does not seem to be any text to aid a screen reader in > tracking this > type. Could this please be fixed? I know it's not part of the > substance of > the draft but the prose. > > Thanks! > > -- > Jonnie Appleseed > With His > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > Reducing Technologies disabilities > one byte at a time > >
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