- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 10:36:34 -0400
- To: Madeleine Rothberg <Madeleine_Rothberg@wgbh.org>
- CC: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Madeleine Rothberg wrote: >"And not all users have speakers, or the ability to hear, so software >must not rely on audio output for messages and alerts. Any output provided >in audio should also be available in other output media. Text is the most >general output media, since most alternative output mechanisms rely on the >presence of system-drawn text on the screen." Thank you Madeleine, this is much clearer to me, and matches the intent of the checkpoint related to output device-independence of messages (1.something :-) - Ian -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel/Fax: +1 212 684-1814 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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