- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@crosslink.net>
- Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 12:28:55 -0400
- To: Greg Gay <g.gay@utoronto.ca>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Greg, There are many points on which we agree, and I feel your refinements of the guidelines 14.1, 14.2, and 14.4 are excellent. But I'd like to revisit a point I made in mid March about guideline 1. Guideline 1 says "Provide equivalent alternatives to auditory and visual content." The guideline should say "Provide equivalent alternatives to auditory, visual, and text content." This makes it clear that there are indeed two distinct types of "visual" content, and that text is a stumbling block for some disabled folks, just as auditory content is for some and graphical "visual" content is for others. Personally, I suspect some who criticize the guidelines know at gut level that there are many with disabilities who aren't accommodated by the current guidelines. I also feel web designers will be less resistent to guidelines that acknowledge the needs of the graphically-visually dependent as well as those who are flummoxed by graphics. Anne Anne L. Pemberton http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1 http://www.erols.com/stevepem/Homeschooling apembert@crosslink.net Enabling Support Foundation http://www.enabling.org
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