- From: Tyler Kendall <tyler_kendall@ncsu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:11:37 -0400
- To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@reef.com>
- CC: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Kynn, Thanks for bringing this up (and for your comprehensive data breakdown). It does seem that the Section 508 guidelines are targeted especially towards access for users with visual disabilities. A clear sign of this is the Access Board's guide to Section 508 - http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.htm - which in most places equates accessibility with accessibility for screen reader users. For example, see the Scripts section - http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.htm#(l) - which gives advice contrary to the WCAG's HTML Techniques recommendations - http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#directly-accessible-scripts - regarding event handling. Best, --tyler Kynn Bartlett wrote: > Section 508 seems to have mostly adopted the requirements for visual > disabilities from WCAG "single-A", but falls behind on cognitive > limtations. This is mostly attributable to the fact that WCAG 1.0's > "use clearest and simplest language" checkpoint which does not have an > equivalent in 508. Some progress seems to have been made for low dexterity > but that is a bit misleading since keyboard access is not explicitly > required in 508. -- Tyler Kendall Web Accessibility Specialist North Carolina State University Voice: 919-513-4087 Fax: 919-513-1893 Email: tyler_kendall@ncsu.edu
Received on Friday, 24 August 2001 09:14:14 UTC