Re: Comments on "Use Cases & Exploratory Approaches for Ruby Markup"

Hello Makoto,

On 21/01/2020 14:13, MURATA Makoto wrote:
> I am puzzled by 2.1 Accessibility use case in
> "Use Cases & Exploratory Approaches for Ruby Markup".
> 
> https://www.w3.org/TR/ruby-use-cases/#accessibility

> 
> First, please provide a link to the research by the
> Japanese government.
> 
> Second, as far as I know, some dyslexic people have
> problems with hiragana and ruby.  They can read
> kanji.  I thus just cannot believe the content of this
> subsection.

I'm sure that there are dyslexic people who have problems with hiragana, 
but can read kanji. But I'm also sure that there are dyslexic people who 
have problems reading kanji but have no (or less) problems reading hiragana.

It would be good to have references for both cases. Can you provide a 
reference for your case?

> Third, low-vision is completely ignored.

Yes, low vision (an optical problem) is not the same as difficulty with 
visual recognition. I guess low vision would in general support 
hiragana, although there may be exceptions for simple kanji or kanji 
with otherwise easily recognizable features.

Anyway, I think the conclusion of section 2.1 (direct access to ruby 
base is needed) is not wrong, it may just be incomplete. If you can 
provide an additional conclusion, that would be great.

Regards,    Martin.

Received on Tuesday, 21 January 2020 05:34:45 UTC