- From: Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 13:25:48 -0400
- To: "'Jim Allan'" <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
- Cc: "'public-low-vision-a11y-tf'" <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>, "'Repsher, Stephen J'" <stephen.j.repsher@boeing.com>, "'Glenda Sims'" <glenda.sims@deque.com>
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The other thing about using the icon font without any visible text, makes it a problem for COGA users…. * katie * Katie Haritos-Shea Principal ICT Accessibility Architect (WCAG/Section 508/ADA/AODA) Cell: 703-371-5545 | <mailto:ryladog@gmail.com> ryladog@gmail.com | Oakton, VA | <http://www.linkedin.com/in/katieharitosshea/> LinkedIn Profile | Office: 703-371-5545 | <https://twitter.com/Ryladog> @ryladog NOTE: The content of this email should be construed to always be an expression of my own personal independent opinion, unless I identify that I am speaking on behalf of Knowbility, as their AC Rep at the W3C - and - that my personal email never expresses the opinion of my employer, Deque Systems. From: Jim Allan [mailto:jimallan@tsbvi.edu] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 1:20 PM To: Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com> Cc: public-low-vision-a11y-tf <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>; Repsher, Stephen J <stephen.j.repsher@boeing.com>; Glenda Sims <glenda.sims@deque.com> Subject: Re: Icon fonts - semantic elements On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com <mailto:ryladog@gmail.com> > wrote: Jim, In my mind only if that icon font was used as a control. 4.1.2 is really about interactive elements….my 2 cents… ok, so for icon-fonts that are links for email, rss, volume, etc https://css-tricks.com/examples/IconFont/ that would be a fail of 4.1.2? * katie * Katie Haritos-Shea Principal ICT Accessibility Architect (WCAG/Section 508/ADA/AODA) Cell: 703-371-5545 <tel:(703)%20371-5545> | <mailto:ryladog@gmail.com> ryladog@gmail.com | Oakton, VA | <http://www.linkedin.com/in/katieharitosshea/> LinkedIn Profile | Office: 703-371-5545 <tel:(703)%20371-5545> | <https://twitter.com/Ryladog> @ryladog NOTE: The content of this email should be construed to always be an expression of my own personal independent opinion, unless I identify that I am speaking on behalf of Knowbility, as their AC Rep at the W3C - and - that my personal email never expresses the opinion of my employer, Deque Systems. From: Jim Allan [mailto:jimallan@tsbvi.edu <mailto:jimallan@tsbvi.edu> ] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 12:56 PM To: public-low-vision-a11y-tf <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org <mailto:public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org> >; Repsher, Stephen J <stephen.j.repsher@boeing.com <mailto:stephen.j.repsher@boeing.com> >; Glenda Sims <glenda.sims@deque.com <mailto:glenda.sims@deque.com> > Subject: Icon fonts - semantic elements Was drafting the email to html editor about where to file a but about specifying the semantic of sprites or icon-fonts so they can be programmatically determined. "role" popped into my head. How is using <i>some icon-font stuff</i> not a failure of 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value: For all user interface components <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#user-interface-componentdef> (including but not limited to: form elements, links and components generated by scripts), the name <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#namedef> and role <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#roledef> can be programmatically determined <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#programmaticallydetermineddef> ; states, properties, and values that can be set by the user can be programmatically set <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#programmaticallysetdef> ; and notification of changes to these items is available to user agents <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#useragentdef> , including assistive technologies <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#atdef> . (Level A) the icon-font is text but its role is an image shouldn't this fail 4.1.2? -- Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 voice 512.206.9315 <tel:(512)%20206-9315> fax: 512.206.9264 <tel:(512)%20206-9264> http://www.tsbvi.edu/ "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964 -- 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
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