- From: Chaals McCathie Nevile <chaals@yandex.ru>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:38:01 +0100
- To: "Patti Burke Lund" <pburkelund@yahoo.com>, "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, Léonie Watson <tink@tink.uk>
The question comes up regularly over the last couple of decades. The privacy aspect is one part - and could be mitigated by thoughtful design of what you would offer screen reader users so it is a client-side option like responsive design. Although like responsive design it can be done or at least tracked server-side. Some will therefore stay away, some will use it unaware, some will just use it. With regard to the issue of tracking usage, I hope that sort of behaviour is covered by a clear, simple to understand, and reasonable privacy policy. Have a look at the one from JAWS for something I think is pretty good, or the one from Skype for something I think is dreadful (took me most of an hour to read, as I recall, and has some real surprises. I trust nobody calls their children with Skype, since it violates the terms of use which form a legal agreement...). There is also the issue of whether what you offer is actually good - let alone good enough to justify your work and the user trying it out. This is complicated, as can be seen by the fact that generally developers get it wrong, and worse over time. There are approaches to accessibility that use information provided by users to give a better experience, successfully improving on what thoughtful design according to modern standards for universal accessibility can do. But it turns out to be much much harder, with many potential pitfalls that catch most of the people who try to do it. cheers Chaals On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:41:30 +0100, Léonie Watson <tink@tink.uk> wrote: > > On 25/01/2018 17:04, Patti Burke Lund wrote: >> Question: >> "I understand accessibility needs to be integrated into every aspect of >> your website. I was wondering if there is any way to detect whether a >> user is using support for their disability and then adjust your website >> to support them even more? Kind of similar to the way Responsive Web >> Design detects browser window size then adjusts accordingly?" > > It's possible to do this with native apps on mobile platforms, but not > with websites and webapps. > > It's also an extremely controversial idea because it has implications > for privacy, quality, maintenance, and a few other things besides. > Here's my take on it as a screen reader user: > https://tink.uk/thoughts-on-screen-reader-detection/ > > > >> Thank you! >> Best, >> Patti >> Patti Burke Lund >> Colorado State University | Journalism & Media Communication >> patricia.burke-lund@colostate.edu | pburkelund@yahoo.com | >> www.colostate.edu >> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/pburkelund/> >> > -- Chaals is Charles McCathie Nevile find more at http://yandex.com
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