Re: Agenda: Low Vision Taskforce Telecon on 30 Sept 2015

Ah, Clarity. I would call this (#6) a field issue. Also, #3, 4, and 5

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> We discussed this a bit at lat weeks meeting and I have subsequently
> attempted to make this clearer:
>
> "A student is using zoom magnification software in an e-learning Web
> based product. He attempts to return to a landing Web page from an
> interior Web page by using the browser back button but it is disabled
> in the product. Moreover, the e-learning tool's back button (and
> navigation) is outside the zoomed-in field of view. This makes it
> difficult to locate previous content. The problem could be solved if
> the browser back button functionality was available, or if back button
> functionality in the product was provide from within the zoomed
> viewport, or if some other method of navigation within the set of Web
> pages was provided. "
>
> Does that help?
>
> Thanks,
> Laura
>
> On 9/29/15, Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu> wrote:
> > Hi Laura,
> > reading #6
> > A person with albinism
> > <
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Types_of_Low_Vision#Albinism
> >
> > attempts to return to a landing Web page from an interior Web page by
> using
> > the browser back button but it is hidden due to screen magnifier being
> > zoomed in. This makes it difficult to locate previous content. The
> problem
> > could be solved if browser back button functionality was available from
> > within the zoomed viewport or if some other method of navigation within
> the
> > set of Web pages was provided.
> >
> > I don't understand how this is a problem. Using a screen magnifier does
> not
> > prevent the standard browser keyboard controls (backspace or
> ALT-leftArrow
> > or the Mac equivalent) from working. So, the functionality is already
> > provided.  Or, am I missing something in this scenario?
> > Jim
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Laura Carlson
> > <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Jim and all,
> >>
> >> > Agenda+ review of updates to user needs and categorization NEED MORE
> (5
> >> per
> >> > category)
> >>
> >> I wonder if some of the use cases under "Size Limitations" would fit
> >> under "Field Loss"? I was going to move a few of the ones I wrote
> >> there (#3, #4, perhaps #5) but am not sure. Would #6 perchance be a
> >> candidate?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> Best Regards,
> >> Laura
> >>
> >> --
> >> Laura L. Carlson
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > [image: http://www.tsbvi.edu] <http://www.tsbvi.edu>Jim Allan,
> > Accessibility Coordinator
> > Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> > 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
> > voice 512.206.9315    fax: 512.206.9264  http://www.tsbvi.edu/
> > "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
> >
>
>
> --
> Laura L. Carlson
>



-- 
[image: http://www.tsbvi.edu] <http://www.tsbvi.edu>Jim Allan,
Accessibility Coordinator
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
voice 512.206.9315    fax: 512.206.9264  http://www.tsbvi.edu/
"We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964