Re: System Assistive Technology...

Mike,

I like this wording as well.


We should visit this topic at one of our meetings.

I’ll let Kathy make that call, though.


Regards,


Alan






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From: Michael Pluke
Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎23‎ ‎October‎, ‎2015 ‎11‎:‎20‎ ‎AM
To: ALAN SMITH, Alistair Garrison, public-mobile-a11y-tf@w3.org






Hi

 

A similar but slightly simpler wording is also provided in the EN 301 549 standard (the European equivalent of the Section 508 refresh):

 

11.4.2    No disruption of accessibility features

Where software provides a user interface it shall not disrupt those documented accessibility features that are defined in platform documentation except when requested to do so by the user during the operation of the software.

 

Best regards

 

Mike

 



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Sent: 23 October 2015 15:18
To: Alistair Garrison <alistair.j.garrison@gmail.com>; public-mobile-a11y-tf@w3.org
Subject: Re: System Assistive Technology...

 



Allistair,


 


I like the wording.


 


This would fit into our Mobile Techniques item M007.


 


Any thoughts on me writing a similar paragraph into this technique?



 


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From: Alistair Garrison
Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎23‎ ‎October‎, ‎2015 ‎10‎:‎08‎ ‎AM
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Hi, 


 


We were talking about the disruption of "system assistive technology" relating to swipe gestures.


 


The following clause from VPAT contains some very similar concepts, albeit about a slight different area…  I just thought some of the wording could be useful.


 


All the best 


 


Alistair 


 


Alistair Garrison


 


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Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems - Detail
Voluntary Product Accessibility Template


 

(b) Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated features of other products that are identified as accessibility features, where those features are developed and documented according to industry standards. Applications also shall not disrupt or disable activated features of any operating system that are identified as accessibility features where the application programming interface for those accessibility features has been documented by the manufacturer of the operating system and is available to the product developer.