RE: For Discussion: "Essential Accessibility"

Thanks for posting this Gregg.  This is different than the
after-the-fact plain text filtering algorithms I am more immediately
worried about.

 

I am confident that we can all agree that this sort of approach is not
necessary for WCAG 2.0 conformance.  I am personally skeptical that this
approach is sufficient for conformance, so I am glad you raise the issue
for discussion!  I am not sure if there is an action item for the
working group either.

 

Here is the link for the product in question:

http://www.essentialaccessibility.com/

 

Here is a product that I think is similar, and for which similar claims
are made:

http://www.browsealoud.com/

 

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From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On
Behalf Of Gregg Vanderheiden
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 6:22 PM
To: GLWAI Guidelines WG org
Subject: For Discussion: "Essential Accessibility"

 

It has been said that many organizations think that if they link to
"Essential Accessibility" they have dealt with accessibility.

 It is Windows only. 

It was covered by the New York Post and is promoted by the some in
accessibility.
There is also a critique at: http://www.aoda.ca/?p=1098

 

I was asked to post this to the list to start up discussion

 

Gregg

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