RE: Action item re SC 1.3.2 and 1.3.4 (color at L1 and L2)

To address my "action item" I propose the following

At Level 1 have 

 1.3.2  When information is conveyed by color, the color can be
programmatically determined or the information is also conveyed through
text. [How to meet 1.3.2]

At level 2 we have

1.3.4  Any information that is conveyed by color is visually evident when
color is not available. [How to meet 1.3.4]


This avoids the problem of using a visual means to satisfy both L1 and L2
resulting in no way for people who are blind to be able to access the
information.  


I pass this to Team B since this is now your area. 


 
Gregg

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Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. 
Professor - Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr.
Director - Trace R & D Center 
University of Wisconsin-Madison 


-----Original Message-----
From: John M Slatin [mailto:john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 2:32 PM
To: Gregg Vanderheiden; Yvette Hoitink
Cc: lguarino@adobe.com
Subject: Action item re SC 1.3.2 and 1.3.4 (color at L1 and L2)

Gregg and Yvette,

During the discussion of GL 1.3 on the 15 December call, Yvette discovered a
problem with our requirements about information conveyed through color.

If I remember right, the problem was that it might be possible to satisfy SC
1.3.4 by making information that is conveyed through color "visually
evident" without making it available in non-visual ways-- because that would
also satisfy SC 1.3.2 (L1) without making either the information or the
color that conveys it programmatically  determined.

The two of you took an action item to try to come up with new wording.

Here's what it says in the minutes:
<blockquote>
ACTION:  Yvette and Gregg to
review 1.3.2 and 1.3.4 to address programmatically determined, guaranteeing
visual access at level 2 and making the working consistent.
</blockquote>

This is related to issues 1607 and 1608.

GL 1.3 is on the agenda for the 5 January call.  Is there any chance that
you can send proposed wording to Team B (we're doing GL 1.3) by sometime on
Monday 2 January?

Or just send it to me and I'll forward to Team B.

Thanks! Apologies for badgering you with work items.

John

"Good design is accessible design."

Dr. John M. Slatin, Director
Accessibility Institute
University of Texas at Austin
FAC 248C
1 University Station G9600
Austin, TX 78712
ph 512-495-4288, fax 512-495-4524
email jslatin@mail.utexas.edu
Web http://www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility

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