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

On 22/07/2016 09:43, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:

> I could, in principle, see an argument for authors being required to
> provide alternatives. But this does feel like it could be a good example
> of a broader thought I have for an SC to cover "advanced sensors" in the
> mobile TF work, which (once I've drafted it) will say something along
> the lines of "as you can't rely on the presence of these sorts of
> advanced sensors (tilt sensor, light sensor, [and here we could add
> fingerprint sensor used for biometric authentication]), ensure that
> alternative accessible mechanisms are available for users to trigger
> functionality/control the web page"

Oh, forgot the other part of that thought...not just that sensors may 
not be available, but that even when sensor IS available, a user may not 
be able to / have difficulty using it.

P
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