Re: Do we want a Biometric Alternative SC in WCAG 2.1?

that is a hardware requirement — 

there is no way for an author to add a physical device to their website. 

am I missing something? 


gregg

> On Jul 21, 2016, at 11:12 PM, Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com> wrote:
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> What I would like to suggest is an additional and different SC that requires at least two types of biometric options. <>
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> Katie Haritos-Shea 
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> From: Gregg Vanderheiden [mailto:gregg@raisingthefloor.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 11:07 PM
> To: David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
> Cc: Katie Haritos-Shea <ryladog@gmail.com>; Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>; GLWAI Guidelines WG org <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> Subject: Re: Do we want a Biometric Alternative SC in WCAG 2.1?
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> Yes - that is what it says the AUTHOR must do.  
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> To make content “Keyboard operable”  you must make sure that it is operable via the content or user agent's keyboard interface.  
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> Then anything that feeds keystrokes to the user agent (browser) will be able to control the content.    (keyboard, voice to text, sip and puff program, etc)
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> The author doesn't actually make it usable from the physical keyboard.  they make it accessible from the keyboard interface of their software or the user agent. 
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> gregg
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>> On Jul 21, 2016, at 8:53 PM, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca <mailto:david100@sympatico.ca>> wrote:
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>> 2.1.1 says all functionality of the page has to be achievable with keyboard.
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>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 7:24 PM, Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com <mailto:ryladog@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> Thanks David, <>
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>>> Well,  also allowing for an alternate biometric as well as via text input…..
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>>> Can you point me to the Biometric that you are talking about?
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>>> * katie *
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>>> Katie Haritos-Shea 
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>>> From: David MacDonald [mailto:david100@sympatico.ca <mailto:david100@sympatico.ca>] 
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 7:21 PM
>>> To: Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com <mailto:ryladog@gmail.com>>; Patrick Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk <mailto:redux@splintered.co.uk>>
>>> Cc: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org <mailto:w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>>
>>> Subject: Re: Do we want a Biometric Alternative SC in WCAG 2.1?
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>>> yup... we currently require any input including Bio-metric,to be keyboard accessible, but perhaps there is room for more.
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>>> It might fit into Patrick's wider "input" conversation, categorizing input devices (camera, shaking manipulating, etc.) into three broad categories, with perhaps a special category. It's a conversation in the mobile task force that has just begun but I guess will spill out because of it's general nature.
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>>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com <mailto:ryladog@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> Folks,
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>>>> Along the same lines as the ‘Functional Performance-like’ SC, do we want discuss including a Biometric Alternative SC in WCAG 2.1?
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>>>> ​​​​​Thanks!
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>>>> * katie *
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>>>> Katie Haritos-Shea 
>>>> Principal ICT Accessibility Architect (WCAG/Section 508/ADA/AODA)
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