Re: Baby Steps

Hello all,

I'm Daniel Gamage, a developer at AWP <http://awpny.com/> in Ithaca, NY. I
use SVG in many projects already, but I'm interested in the implications of
using SVG inline for data visualization and the like (due to its powerful
styling and interaction abilities) while maintaining semantic and
accessible content.

I'm also not as familiar with the methods of the working groups as I'd like
to be, so i see this as a learning experience from each of you as
individuals as well as seeing the group working together as a whole.

I don't use much accessibility software on a daily basis, but i'd be happy
to use TalkBack for Android or VoiceOver on OS X for testing.

I'd also be very interested in talking about use cases like graphic
illustrations and infographics (especially animated ones).

You can find me at @daniel_gamage <https://twitter.com/daniel_gamage> or at
danielgamage.com


On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Peter Krautzberger <
peter.krautzberger@mathjax.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My name is Peter Krautzberger and I work for MathJax <http://mathjax.org>,
> an open source JavaScript library for rendering mathematical content on the
> web. In particular, MathJax can serve as a polyfill for MathML.
> Accessibility is very important to us and we work with existing math
> accessibility solutions to ensure MathJax output is accessible.
>
> My main interest stems from the fact that math content is often mixed or
> embedded in graphical content (in particular in a scientific context).
> There already are third party plugins for MathJax doing this and there's
> interest from the publishing side, in particular for ebooks.
>
> I'm here to learn about accessible SVG, to make sure our future
> development is up to speed, and to learn how to contribute to a W3C
> community group.
>
> I'm @pkrautz on twitter and can be found elsewhere<http://boolesrings.org/krautzberger/resources/>as well.
>
> Peter.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Jeff Coburn <ici.webmaster@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I'll keep the introductions going.
>>
>>
>> I'm Jeff Coburn, I build websites for the Institute for Community
>> Inclusion at the University Of Massachusetts, Boston. I mostly do frontend
>> stuff but because we have a small department (2), I crash around the
>> backend and pretend to be a manager as well. We've been trying to do some
>> work in accessible data viz lately, which led me to the Open Data Viz
>> Conference in Boston where I met Doug. I'm here to learn about accessible
>> SVG (and SVG in general), learn how W3 community groups work, and lend a
>> hand where I can.
>>
>> I'm @coburnicus on the twitters and other places.
>>
>> peace
>>
>> coburnicus out
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On September 6, 2013 at 4:17:37 AM, Léonie Watson (tink@tink.co.uk)
>> wrote:
>>
>> "I'd like to get this group started with some introductions. Could you
>> each please write a short email introducing yourself, what you do for a
>> living, where you work, etc.?"
>>
>> I work for The Paciello Group (TPG) as an accessibility engineer, and
>> with the British Computer Association of the Blind (BCAB) in my spare time.
>> I'm based in the UK, and have been working in web development and/or
>> accessibility since about 1997.
>>
>> Contact details, links to blog etc. here:
>> http://ljwatson.co.uk/
>>
>> I use Jaws/NVDA on the desktop, and VoiceOver on iOS, which puts me
>> squarely in the "can test, will test" category. Amongst other things I'm
>> part of Freedom Scientific's Jaws beta testing programme, so may be able to
>> file SVG related bugs.
>>
>> My SVG knowledge is theoretical rather than practical. It's somewhat
>> unrewarding to code something without being able to get at the result!
>> Perfectly happy to code what/where I can though, and also to write use
>> cases/requirements.
>>
>> Unless the gods of trans-Atlantic travel smile on me, it's unlikely I'll
>> be able to make it to the Bay Area in October though.
>>
>> --
>> Carpe diem.
>>
>> Léonie.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>