Re: Wednesdays Telecon; Call for agenda (resending to copy group)

Rich Schwerdtfeger

James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> wrote on 03/14/2013 06:43:59 PM:

> From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
> To: Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS,
> Cc: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>, Independent User Interface
> Task Force <public-indie-ui@w3.org>
> Date: 03/14/2013 06:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Wednesdays Telecon; Call for agenda
>
> On Mar 14, 2013, at 4:22 PM, Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com>
wrote:
>
> > ScreenReaderActive, ScreenReaderName, ScreenReaderVersion should
> also fall under the privacy discussion.
>
> They are. That's the ScreenReaderKeys dictionary.
>
> > Do we want to address whitespace between characters and lines in
> v1.0? Andy and I did not include this in our proposal as this is
> considered a more advanced feature. A feature would be required to
> allow adjust the spacing both vertically and horizontally. We have
> this feature in AccessForAll extended preferences vs. core.
>
> Settings for default letter-spacing and line-spacing seem reasonable
> to me. These can also be "set" in most browsers by way of a user
> style sheet, so implementation should be possible in a few ways.
>
> Added ACTION-44
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/track/actions/44
>
> > Also, keys may be an issue as mobile devices may not have keys. We
> should decide how we are going to address this.
>
> I'm not sure what this means. I don't see why the mobile device
> context would have any bearing on whether a browser can use key/
> value pairs for settings.
>
Sorry, my confusion. I thought you meant keyboard keys vs. key/value pairs.

> > I am also not sure this is a 1.0 item but one really big problem
> is that content providers are pushing down bitmaps of Math vs.
> MathML. Unlike bitmaps,  MathML can be processed and read by
> assistive technologies like MathPlayer plus an AT. Should we have a
> setting to ask that content providers deliver MathML vs. bitmaps of
> Math? I am ok with addressing this beyond 1.0 but note that it is a
> big problem. One reason this has been there has been for older
> browsers not being able to render MathML or because a math render
> like MathJax has not been provided. The browser should know.  Users
> with Cognitive impairments need Math to be spoken verbally in
> chunks. If the content provider sends down a bitmap in all
> situations just to play it safe then then nothing can be done to
> assist the user.
>
> While I agree that this is a problem, MathML is outside the scope of
IndieUI.
>
Well, it is a user context issue. Do you know of another way to convey that
the browser tells a web app that it supports MathML?

> James
>