edit to note in 2.1.1 to make it more understandable.

TO  WCAG2ICT team.


In EN 301 549  we came across the following sentence WCAG2ICT note on 2.1.1. that is very hard to decipher.


NOTE 1:   Keyboard interface does not refer to a physical device but to the interface between the software and any keyboard or keyboard substitute (i.e., the interface where the software accepts text or other keystroke input from the platform which may come from a keyboard or from a keyboard alternative). Platform software <https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag2ict-22/#platform-software> may provide device independent input services to applications that enable operation via such a keyboard interface. When software supports such a device-independent service of the platform, and the software or non-web document functionality is made fully operable through the service, then this success criterion would be satisfied. 

I suggest changing this sentence

FROM 
Platform software <https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag2ict-22/#platform-software> may provide device independent input services to applications that enable operation via such a keyboard interface.

TO 
Platform software <https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag2ict-22/#platform-software> may provide a ‘keyboard interface’ that software can read instead of reading the keyboard hardware directly.


To make it much easier  (or even possible?) to understand if you don’t already know what it is trying to say. 

Comments?
Agree?
Issues?
Tweaks?


Gregg

Received on Wednesday, 2 April 2025 16:06:08 UTC