Morton,
Thanks for the links. With Google Translate, (and some very rusty Danish
skills) I think I understand most of this. May I ask some clarifying
questions? (To help me understand detail that is not quite coming through
the translation. )
1) These are required for "public institutions". I assume that means
government, including schools. Obviously it is not required but
recommended for business. Does the requirement extend to any other
entities?
2) I understand these to be requirements. What happens if the
requirements are not met. Are there laws associated with the
requirements? Or are these more like guidelines?
3) Can you help me understand what the difference is between Priority 1
and Priority 2? Is Priority 1 mandatory, and Priority 2 optional?
4) Further when I look at the requirement for TTS on R11, it uses the
(translated word) Recommendation for TTS, instead of requirement. Can you
help me understand how mandatory the TTS requirement is?
Regards,
Brian
Brian Cragun
IBM AbilityLab Consultant
IBM Master Inventor
IBM Research
Tel: 720-663-2801
E-mail: cragun@us.ibm.com
From: "Morten Tollefsen" <morten@medialt.no>
To: Brian Cragun/Rochester/IBM@IBMUS,
Cc: "Adam Cooper" <cooperad@bigpond.com>, "Harry Loots"
<harry.loots@ieee.org>, "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>,
<w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Date: 08/15/2012 03:22 AM
Subject: SV: SV: in-page text-to-speech
Hi, Brian!
Of course, here it is:
http://www.webbriktlinjer.se/
As far as I have been able to figure out this is a standard.
I’ve commented a little bit, but this is in Norwegian and is therefore
probably not very interesting/useful:
http://medialt.no/vgledningen-fr-webbutveckling/1175.aspx
BR: Morten Tollefsen
www.medialt.no, +47 908 99 305
Fra: Brian Cragun [mailto:cragun@us.ibm.com]
Sendt: 14. august 2012 15:45
Til: Morten Tollefsen
Kopi: Adam Cooper; Harry Loots; Patrick H. Lauke; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Emne: Re: SV: in-page text-to-speech
Morten,
Can you please provide a reference to the Swedish standard you speak of?
And, is it just a recommendation or a standard?
Regards,
Brian
Brian Cragun
IBM AbilityLab Consultant
IBM Master Inventor
IBM Research
Tel: 720-663-2801
E-mail: cragun@us.ibm.com
From: "Morten Tollefsen" <morten@medialt.no>
To: "Harry Loots" <harry.loots@ieee.org>, "Adam Cooper"
<cooperad@bigpond.com>,
Cc: "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>,
<w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Date: 08/14/2012 05:19 AM
Subject: SV: in-page text-to-speech
Hi, Harry!
I totally agree.
In some new Swedish guidelines for web developments (only public
authorities have to follow these) accessibility is one of the categories.
The first guideline say: follow WCAG 2. The other 43 accessibility
guidelines cover forms, languages, links and other things. In one of the
guidelines it is stated that talking websites are required! I was quite
surprised when I read this! If I counted correctly, 33 of the 44
guidelines in the accessibility section are also found under usabilityJ!
Morten