- From: Ramón Corominas <listas@ramoncorominas.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:06:15 +0100
- To: Olaf Drümmer <olaf@druemmer.com>
- CC: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org list" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, Vivienne CONWAY <v.conway@ecu.edu.au>
Olaf said: > I don't think it is viable in the long run to require that > something that is guaranteed to be accessible on all operating > systems. Probably not, but WCAG talks about "accessibility support", and therefore "Windows-only" can only be acceptable in a closed environment. Moreover, sighted MacOS users don't need to spend more to buy a copy of Windows (and of course would not have to install a complete OS to read a PDF). However, blind MacOS users would have to: 1. Buy a copy of Windows 2. Install it (at least as a Virtual Machine) 3. Install a screen reader that is compatible with Adobe Reader So "Windows-only" does not meet the requirement about "same cost, same easiness", and therefore cannot be used to claim accessibility support. And, of course, I don't think that excluding all MacOS users, all Linux users, all iOS users, all Android users, among others, can be considered acceptable in terms of "accessibility support". Regards, Ramón.
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