Re: Comments on ATAG 2.0 Last Call Working Draft

Katie: Thanks a lot for your comments. We will respond to them as soon 
as possible.

Cheers,
Jan


Katie Haritos-Shea wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Congratulations!
> 
> Below are my comments on ATAG 2.0 Last Call Working Draft by document
> section.
> 
> 
> 
> Abstract
> 
> 
> Comment 1:
> Excellent. Very clear and concise.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 1 Introduction
> 
> 
> Paragraph 1, sentence 1.
> 
> Typo 1:
> WCAG instead of ATAG.
> 
> 
> 
> Paragraph 1, sentence 3.
> 
> Comment 2:
> "These guidelines have been written to address the requirements of many
> different audiences, including, but not limited to: policy makers, technical
> administrators, and those who develop or manage content."
> Why are authoring tool developers not included?
> 
> Suggestion:
> "These guidelines have been written to address the requirements of many
> different audiences, including, but not limited to: policy makers, technical
> administrators, authoring tool developers, and those who develop or manage
> content."
> 
> 
> 
> 1.2 Role of authoring tools in Web accessibility
> 
> Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.
> 
> Comment 3:
> Excellent. Very clear and concise.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 2. Conformance
> 
> 
> Checkpoint Priorities
> 
> "Regular Priority" Checkpoints
> 
> Comment 4:
> First thought.......what are Part A and Part B? This information is not
> explained until much further in the document. Perhaps should be
> referred/linked to from Abstract or Intro.
> 
> Suggestions:
> Change "Significance in Part A:" to....
> "Significance in Part A - Authoring Tool User Interface:"
> And link down to PART A in the document.
> 
> Change "Significance in Part B:" to....
> "Significance in Part B - Content:" 
> And link down to PART B in the document.
> 
> 
> 
> "Relative Priority" Checkpoints 
> 
> Comment 5:
> Like very much the language "minimal, intermediate, stringent" for Priority
> Level distinction.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 3. The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
> 
> 
> PART A: Make the authoring tool user interface accessible
> 
> A.1.3
> Success Criteria 1
> "If the visual display (e.g., fonts, sizes, colors, spacing, positioning) is
> controlled by the authoring tool rather than by the platform, then the
> authoring tool must provide at least the same configurable properties with
> at least the same configuration ranges as the platform."
> 
> Comment 6:
> In areas in the document where 'visual display' is used, contrast should be
> included with e.g..
> 
> 
> Success Criteria 2
> "If the audio display (e.g., volume, speech voices) is controlled by the
> authoring tool rather than by the platform, then the authoring tool must
> provide at least the same configurable properties with at least the same
> configuration ranges as the platform."
> 
> Comment 7:
> In areas in the document where 'audio display' is used, should voice control
> speed, emphasis, inflection and/or intonation be included in e.g.?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> GUIDELINE A.4: Authoring Tool User Interface must be Access System Friendly
> 
> 
> Paragraph 1, sentence 1.
> 
> Comment 8:
> In areas in the document where 'Assistive technologies' is used, other AT
> should be included with e.g., such as voice recognition. The current
> examples appear too vision-disability centric.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you..............:-)
> 
> 
> * katie *
> 
> Katie Haritos-Shea 
> Section 508 Technical Policy Analyst
> 
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-- 
Jan Richards, M.Sc.
User Interface Design Specialist
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC)
Faculty of Information Studies
University of Toronto

   Email: jan.richards@utoronto.ca
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