- From: <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 09:34:04 -0500
- To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
> > 14.2 Supplement text with graphic or auditory > presentations where they will facilitate > comprehension of the page. [Priority 3] > >This seems to mean that an all-text document (or one with >text almost exclusively such as the GL home page or the >WCAG 1.0) cannot conform at Level Triple-A. PJ: 14.1 has the additional phrase "appropriate for a site's content". In my opinion that phrase is implied in 14.2, so, it's not all "all-text documents" that have to conform. >I think we discuss this issue at a teleconference. > > - Ian PJ: Yes this should be discussed. I believe there is a role for the assistive technology here. Many tools used by persons with dyslexia, for example Arkenstone's RUBY, add the highlighting and audio which render the "all-text" document accessible. I do NOT believe it is a priority 3 for the author to add that functionality when the audience's tools can handle it. Lower level audiences' do not have tools that add enough graphics & audio so more of the burden is on the author. Regards, Phill Jenkins
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