- From: Lisa Seeman <seeman@netvision.net.il>
- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 17:49:14 +0200
- To: "WAI" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Nice examples. Here is my 10c worth. I was looking at two things, 1- is the primary use of the text " graphical" and 2, Was it true semantic content. For the first three examples it has to be no and yes, in other words, there is no way that tat much text can have a primarily non graphical purpose, or no be true important content. With the fourth example, it depend on the rest of the page. If it is followed by normal, header text that said "return", then its primary function becomes graphical and it is not truly important in terms of content. then it would be OK. If however it is a heading by itself, without redundant text, then its main propose is semantic content and not graphical, and then it is no longer OK. >yours, >Lisa >-----Original Message----- >From: Leonard R. Kasday <kasday@acm.org> >To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org> >Date: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 12:20 AM >Subject: Test cases for images of text. > > >>As discussed in our last call, we're going to create some "case law", i.e. >>some examples where we can come to a consensus on acceptability. Per my >>action item, I've posted three examples at. >> >>http://astro.temple.edu/~kasday/wai/texteg/ >> >>We can discuss this in the context of WCAG 1.0 or 2.0. >> >>They represent the "return policy" of a hypothetical web site. All use >>special fonts or effects. >> >>In example 1, All loops are colored yellow. For example, the inside of the >>loop at the top of the letter P is colored yellow. This effect cannot be >>produced by CSS or other currently available technology. Is it therefore >>acceptable to present this text as an image? >> >>In example 2, the dots of the i's are two pixels wide instead of one pixel >>wide (the default for Times Roman). This effect cannot be produced by CSS >>or other currently available technology. Is it therefore acceptable to >>present this text as an image? >> >>In example 3, the area of text appears to bulge up, three dimensionally, >>from the center. Acceptable? >> >>These are extreme examples, but I'm not trying to be flippant: I'm trying >>to get examples that cut to any differences of opinion we may have. >> >>If this discussion belongs in the compliance discussion we can of course >>postpone it till then. >> >>Len >>p.s. >>To give a hint of my own opinion: the acceptability of example three >>depends on its purpose... as I've tried to argue in general... but so far >>to no avail... >> >> >>-- >>Leonard R. Kasday, Ph.D. >>Institute on Disabilities/UAP and Dept. of Electrical Engineering at Temple >>University >>(215) 204-2247 (voice) (800) 750-7428 (TTY) >>http://astro.temple.edu/~kasday mailto:kasday@acm.org >> >>Chair, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative Evaluation and Repair Tools Group >>http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/ >> >>The WAVE web page accessibility evaluation assistant: >>http://www.temple.edu/inst_disabilities/piat/wave/ >> >> >
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