- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:35:21 -0500
- To: Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com>
- Cc: Mike Elledge <melledge@yahoo.com>, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>, "White, Jason J" <jjwhite@ets.org>, public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org, WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Hi Katie, In addition to people with cognitive and emotional disabilities, we can add people with vestibular disabilities. Kindest Regards, Laura On 7/12/16, Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com> wrote: > And, I might point out that auto-playing of audio is extremely distracting > an disorienting for persons with cognitive and emotional disabilities – > especially when the mechanism to turn off autoplay is not extremely > clear….. > > > > > > > > > > > > * katie * > > > > Katie Haritos-Shea > Principal ICT Accessibility Architect (WCAG/Section 508/ADA/AODA) > > > > Cell: 703-371-5545 | <mailto:ryladog@gmail.com> ryladog@gmail.com | Oakton, > VA | <http://www.linkedin.com/in/katieharitosshea/> LinkedIn Profile | > Office: 703-371-5545 | <https://twitter.com/Ryladog> @ryladog > > > > From: Mike Elledge [mailto:melledge@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 9:21 AM > To: David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>; White, Jason J > <jjwhite@ets.org> > Cc: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org> > Subject: Re: 1.4.2 audio control, do we want to require the stop mechanism > to be more discoverable? > > > > It seems to me that Mute, though helpful, isn't the same thing as preventing > autoplay. There are times when I may want to postpone, rather than mute, > audio or video. Could an easy-to-discover method be added to Techniques? We > already cover user control over media in WCAG 2.0. > > > > On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 2:54 AM, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca > <mailto:david100@sympatico.ca> > wrote: > > > > Yup, works in FF on MAC and Windows. > > Any way to do this with a keyboard in Chrome, Safari and other browsers? If > so, perhaps EO can help find a way to get the word out to other users ... I > don't think many know about it, and plenty of users are dogged with autoplay > messing up their screen readers. > > It seems to me, given that CTL+M does it, that no site can fail 1.4.2 > because a mechanism is available in at least one accessibility supported > stack. > > > > > Cheers, > David MacDonald > > > > CanAdapt Solutions Inc. > > Tel: 613.235.4902 > > LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmacdonald100> > > > twitter.com/davidmacd <http://twitter.com/davidmacd> > > <https://github.com/DavidMacDonald> GitHub > > www.Can-Adapt.com <http://www.can-adapt.com/> > > > > Adapting the web to all users > > Including those with disabilities > > > > If you are not the intended recipient, please review our privacy policy > <http://www.davidmacd.com/disclaimer.html> > > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 7:54 PM, White, Jason J <jjwhite@ets.org > <mailto:jjwhite@ets.org> > wrote: > > > > > > From: David MacDonald [mailto:david100@sympatico.ca > <mailto:david100@sympatico.ca> ] > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 5:51 PM > > perhaps it is sufficient... I've never heard of an end user doing that, and > I've heard plenty of complaints about auto play.... > > > > Maybe we should ask some people who are blind... not sure how discoverable > > by keyboard it is > > I don't see a shortcut > https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/157179?hl=en > > I see the letter "M" in MUTE is underlined in Windows, but ALT-M didn't do > it... don't see any hints on a mac. > > It's super easy with mouse :( > > [Jason] Ctrl-m did it for me under Mozilla Firefox. It worked as documented. > Thank you for the reference. > > > > > > > _____ > > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may contain privileged or > confidential information. It is solely for use by the individual for whom it > is intended, even if addressed incorrectly. If you received this e-mail in > error, please notify the sender; do not disclose, copy, distribute, or take > any action in reliance on the contents of this information; and delete it > from your system. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. > > > > Thank you for your compliance. > > > _____ > > > > > > > -- Laura L. Carlson
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