Re: Drop advisory technique H46

+1 Wayne,
Jon, Thank you for checking this.

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com>
wrote:

> I can confirm that Safari on iOS does display the noembed content and it
> is announced by VoiceOver.  The technique indicates that it's only rendered
> when the embed is not support -- which is still the case today.  So while
> of limited use it still seems like a valid technique and not inaccurate IMO.
>
> Jonathan
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshue O Connor [mailto:josh@interaccess.ie]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 12:36 PM
> To: WCAG
> Subject: CfC: Drop advisory technique H46
>
> CALL FOR CONSENSUS  ends Friday 4th at 2:30am Boston time.
>
> NOTE: This is an advisory technique. There may be a valid use case on iOS
> but reports are unsubstantiated. [1]
>
> H46 doesn't really work in modern AT:
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> http://www.powermapper.com/tests/screen-readers/media/embed-noembed-after/
> http://www.powermapper.com/tests/screen-readers/media/embed-noembed-inside/
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> Some WCAG failures trigger fewer problems than this sufficient technique.
>
> Proposed Change:
> Remove technique.
>
> Worth noting that an alternative technique based on FIGCAPTION does seem
> to work well:
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> http://www.powermapper.com/tests/screen-readers/media/embed-figcaption/
>
> If you have concerns about this proposal and feel that those concerns
> result in you not being able to live with this position, please let the
> group know before the CfC deadline.
>
> [1] https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/128
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