- From: Loretta Guarino Reid <lguarino@adobe.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:24:37 -0800
- To: jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
- cc: Web Content Guidelines <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Does anyone know what technologies would qualify today under this definitions of "widely available"? What technology was supported by 3 screen readers 3 years ago and 3 user agents 4 years ago? Loretta > Of course we would need a definition of "widely available" and > probably also some statistics regarding actual use, if such a > checkpoint were to be made viable. Some success criteria might be as > follows: > > 1. The technologies on which the content, or an alternative versions > thereof, relies: > > a. have been available in at least three independent user agent > implementations for a period of at least four years. > > b. have been supported by at least three relevant assistive > technology implementations for a period of at least three years. Where > specific support from assistive technologies (e.g. on-screen > keyboards, screen readers, screen magnifiers, voice browsers etc.) is > not required in order for the implementation technologies under > consideration to be accessible, > this success criterion is inapplicable. > > c. there exist internationalized and/or localized versions of such > user agent and assistive technology implementations. (This needs more > work - how many are required?)
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