- From: Jim Fruchterman <jim@arkenstone.org>
- Date: Sat, 09 Jan 99 18:04:55 -0800
- To: <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
Version commented on: 19981112 We were asked to comment especially on LD issues. Learning disability feedback from one of our educational specialists: "The features that are imperative for the LD user are bi-modal (obviously) and ALL the items beginning on page 9 under: section 4 - The user agent must render information accessibly. This document fails to include Learning Disabled, specifically the dyslexic in their initial summary at the beginning of the section, when indeed all of these are issues for LD individuals. Although LD is included in the following sections, I would suggest you add this population, under Section 4 on page 9." Suggested language, appended to the first paragraph of Section 4: "Learning disabled users, such as people with dyslexia, may prefer bi-modal presentation of information in both text and auditory form." Other Comments from Jim Fruchterman: Section 2.5: "... rely on the visual output of another user agent." I recommend dropping the "visual." With respect to screen readers, this perpetuates the view that disabled people only want access to the visual information on the screen. That's often not correct, although in the case of screen magnifiers I'll concede the point. For example, MSAA with IE is reasonably useless to Arkenstone because our lower functioning clients would be totally boggled by getting access to the visual information. They want access to the information itself. Often giving access to what a sighted person would see is partial access, such as when the window cuts off information that isn't known to be off to the "right" of the visible screen. Section 4.2 What about providing access to the links underlying image map pages? Section 5.2 5.1.1, .2, .3 etc. The list of information provided could go on, such as the number of images, headings, etc. This subset seems like a good starting point, but I wasn't sure why they were cut off after only three priority 1s? Good luck with this important work! I think we had few comments because the document is in admirable shape. Jim Jim Fruchterman jim@arkenstone.org President Arkenstone, Inc. NASA Ames Moffett Complex, Bldg 23 1-800-444-4443 P.O. Box 215 1-650-603-8880 Moffett Field, CA 94035-0215 USA Fax: 1-650-603-8887 http://www.arkenstone.org TDD: 1-800-833-2753 Arkenstone is a nonprofit organization with the motto: "Information Access for Everyone!"
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