- From: Stephane Boyera <boyera@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:51:46 +0200
- To: Arun Kumar <kkarun@in.ibm.com>
- CC: "public-mw4d@w3.org" <public-mw4d@w3.org>
Hi Arun, the point you are making is very interesting and very valid. o we should surely mentionned it somewhere in the document, perhaps a "scope" subsection in the challenges part to explain that. let's discuss that on monday. Best Stephane Arun Kumar a écrit : > Hi Steph and all, > >>> Lastly, we forgot ot include issues of disabled users like deaf, dum or >>> blind people > >> that's a good point. i would like to propose that from the scope >> document we exclude this case which is not specific to developing >> countries. This largely covered by the Web Accessibility Initiative. >> comments ? > > We are indeed addressing issues for users who are disabled in some way by > being in a developing country. The disablement here includes illiteracy (as > Steph specifically pointed out), lack of knowledge of English or other > international languages needed to access Web as it exists today (requiring > multilingual support), low income levels preventing access to Internet/Web. > As can be seen, the implicit criteria for the group (i believe) is to > include those issues which are relevant for developing countries. > > I partially agree with Steph, that areas such as for visually impaired, > hearing impaired and speech impaired people are more generally applicable > and not specific to developing countries. In my view, the challenges to be > overcome by these users in developing countries are different than those > faced by similar users in developed countries and the current solutions do > not take this into account. > > For instance, for the visually impaired a standard solution used are screen > reading software such as JAWS or browsers with speech based interfaces. But > with illiteracy, language and affordability issues, these solutions do not > work well for visually impaired in developing countries. As a group, we > might decide not to address this in our charter in the first go but I feel > we need to be aware of some of these challenges to take up later or to > sensitize the Web Accessibility initiative with these issues that may not > be there in their current purview. > > > thanks and regards > Arun Kumar > Research Staff Member, > IBM India Research Laboratory, > 4, Block - C, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, > New Delhi - 110 070, India, > Email: kkarun@in.ibm.com > > World Wide Telecom Web (aka Spoken Web) : > http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_people.nsf/pages/arun_kumar.WWTW.html > > > > > Stephane Boyera > <boyera@w3.org> > Sent by: To > public-mw4d-reque adesina iluyemi > st@w3.org <adeiluyemi@gmail.com> > cc > "public-mw4d@w3.org" > 06/03/2009 01:17 <public-mw4d@w3.org> > AM Subject > Re: new updated roadmap available > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Adesina, > > >> Also, to be able to have a good roadmap, I think we should go back to >> what is our original aim which I suppose is guaranting users' experience >> for mobile web in developing countries. So I presume that our focus >> shoould on R&D to tackle challenges against users' experience. > > humm, no, our aim has never been around user experience on mobile web. > Our aim is to promote interaction with Web content on mobile phones in > the delivery of social-oriented services. During last conference call, > there was a general agreement around what is the scope of this document > and its audience. This is captured in the scope and audience section > now. So in my view, we want to put in hte doc: > - what's possible today > - what are major challenges that might impact the success of a mobile > delivery of information or applications > - what are the different technologies existing today to deliver content > and apps and there respectives strenght/weaknesses and potential R&D > direction to follow > > >> Lastly, we forgot ot include issues of disabled users like deaf, dum or >> blind people > that's a good point. i would like to propose that from the scope > document we exclude this case which is not specific to developing > countries. This largely covered by the Web Accessibility Initiative. > comments ? > > Stephane >> Adesina >> >> 2009/5/28 Stephane Boyera <boyera@w3.org <?mailto:boyera@w3.org,>> >> >> Dear All, >> >> as promised, i worked a the new instance of the roadmap i presented >> during last call. >> I tried to integrate the resolution and discussions we had last week. >> For those who were on the call during the may 18 call, please let em >> know if i forgot some stuff. >> >> The new version is at >> http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/wiki/roadmapv2, >> >> i prefered to create a plain new uri. i put a deprecated flag on the >> previous one (>http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/wiki/roadmap ) >> and link the new one from the wiki MW4D home >> (http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/wiki/MW4D ) and the Mw4D home >> (ressource section) http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/ >> >> all comments are welcome, and we will continue discussion during >> next call (June 8) >> >> Cheers >> Stephane >> -- >> Stephane Boyera stephane@w3.org <mailto:stephane@w3.org> >> W3C +33 (0) 5 61 86 13 08 >> BP 93 fax: +33 (0) 4 92 38 78 22 >> F-06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, >> France >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Adesina Iluyemi >> mHealth Innovator/Consultant >> SINSEPROD LLP, UK >> Sustainable eHealth/Telemedicine in Africa >> Centre for Healthcare Modelling & Informatics >> University of Portsmouth >> T: +44 (0)23 9284 6784 >> M: +44 (0)79 5602 6010 >> Skype:innovatoris >> W: http://www.linkedin.com/in/adesina1974 > > -- > Stephane Boyera stephane@w3.org > W3C +33 (0) 5 61 86 13 08 > BP 93 fax: +33 (0) 4 92 38 78 22 > F-06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, > France > > > > > -- Stephane Boyera stephane@w3.org W3C +33 (0) 5 61 86 13 08 BP 93 fax: +33 (0) 4 92 38 78 22 F-06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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