- From: David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:51:25 -0400
- To: lw@tetralogical.com
- Cc: Jeanne Spellman <jspellman@spellmanconsulting.com>, Silver Task Force <public-silver@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAAdDpDYhWWEZ0XrA2nHNipWozykxHjvrH9+BOyrJrf9qwVDXnA@mail.gmail.com>
+1 Cheers, David MacDonald *Can**Adapt* *Solutions Inc.* Tel: 613-806-9005 LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmacdonald100> twitter.com/davidmacd GitHub <https://github.com/DavidMacDonald> www.Can-Adapt.com <http://www.can-adapt.com/> * Adapting the web to all users* * Including those with disabilities* If you are not the intended recipient, please review our privacy policy <http://www.davidmacd.com/disclaimer.html> On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 2:32 PM LĂ©onie Watson <lw@tetralogical.com> wrote: > +1 > > > On 26/04/2019 17:58, Jeanne Spellman wrote: > > Github and I are not getting along today, and I fear that this proposal > > won't be available in Github in time for the meeting. > > > > We were asked to add a paragraph to the Introduction clarifying the > > Scope of Silver. Here's what I propose: > > > > > > 1.1 Scope > > > > Silver will have a broader scope than WCAG 2.0 and 2.1. The Web Content > > Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are scoped to Web and to Content. Silver > > is being deliberately designed to be able to include: > > > > * *Disability Needs*: An improved measurement and conformance > > structure that includes guidance for a broad range of disabilities. > > This includes particular attention to the needs of low vision and > > cognitive accessibility, whose needs don't tend to fit the > > true/false statement success criteria of WCAG 2.x. > > * *Emerging Technologies*: Flexibility to include emerging > > technologies, such as Virtual Reality (VR) and Voice Assistants > > * *Support for the Technologies that Impact Accessibility*: Advice for > > all levels of the accessibility technology stack who wish to support > > the Silver core Guidelines including: > > o *web content*, which will be migrated from WCAG 2.x > > o *authoring tools*, such as content management systems > > o *user agents*, such as browsers, media players > > o *software and web applications*, including mobile apps > > o *assistive technologies*, such as screen readers, screen > > magnifiers, and assistants for memory, organizational, or > > simplification > > o *operating systems* and other platforms who may want advice for > > features to better support people with disabilities > > > > The current project design does not intend to write separate > > specifications or normative requirements for the technology stack. The > > goal is to provide information that technology venders can choose to use > > to improve the accessibility of their products. > > > > -- > @TetraLogical TetraLogical.com > >
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