- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 13:33:44 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- cc: "Leonard R. Kasday" <kasday@acm.org>, "w3c-wai-gl@w3.org" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>, WAI ER group <w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org>, WAI UA group <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
This is a topic in WCAG at least (but there is a requirement on UAAG implied, I think). I think the thrust of what you are saying is true - that if ther is a readily achieveable solution, then it isn't a very big problem. The definition of readily achievable, and solution, is of course where the difficulty lies in trying to use this as an answer. As a first pass, I would suggest that "freely available for MacOS, Unix/Linux and Windows operating systems, and not having compatibility problems with Assistive technologies" is as good as anywhere as a departure point on the search for a usable definition. Charles McCN On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Kynn Bartlett wrote: At 12:08 PM -0400 9/26/00, Leonard R. Kasday wrote: >I don't think it satisfies the user requirements for people with >some degree of low vision, especially if the font size is relatively >small. Devil's advocate position here: Doesn't the widespread availability of screen magnifiers (such as the one built into Windows 2000), plus the availability of screenreaders to read out the textual content, plus the ability to turn off images and view the text directly (thus scaling with user font changes), reduce the need for avoiding textual images? If we don't have to worry about providing audio streams -- because screenreaders exist -- then shouldn't the existence of the various technologies listed above likewise ease our fears regarding text buttons? We are willing to say "oh, there's technology to deal with -that-" for a number of items, so where is the line drawn? (If screenreaders did not exist, the obligation would be on the web designer to provide an aural output stream for everything, no?) --Kynn -- Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +61 (0) 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI Location: I-cubed, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia September - November 2000: W3C INRIA, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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