- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 09:43:03 -0500
- To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Comments in JRG: At 04:02 PM 4/16/00 -0400, Ian Jacobs wrote: >Hello, > >As part of resolving issue 232 [1], I'd like to propose the >following text for the section on conformance to explain which >user agents this document is meant for. Please note that the >abstract of the document already discusses which user agents >these guidelines are meant to address. > ><BLOCKQUOTE> >Which user agents may conform > >This document has been designed to promote the accessibility of >general-purpose graphical user agents. While many of the principles >set forth in this document apply to other >classes of user agents, including assistive technologies, many of the >checkpoints do not. As the number of applicable >checkpoints decreases for a piece of software, the likelihood >increases that the guidelines are not an accurate gauge of the >accessibility of that piece of software. Therefore, while assistive >technologies and other specialized user agents obviously promote >accessibility, they are not expected to conform (for instance, because >they offer a single output mode such as speech, JRG: I would suggest : The primary mode of output maybe generated speech, but the technology does offer a minimal visual interface for sighted support and trouble shooting. The speech part of the interface may comply with the guidelines, but the visual interface does not. >or they do not make >available information through APIs) because >they are not general purpose user agents. This document will help >assistive technology developers understand what functionalities and >communication an accessible general purpose user agent should provide. ></BLOCKQUOTE> > > - Ian > >[1] http://cmos-eng.rehab.uiuc.edu/ua-issues/issues-linear.html#232 >-- >Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs >Tel: +1 831 457-2842 >Cell: +1 917 450-8783 Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Chair, W3C WAI User Agent Working Group Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services College of Applied Life Studies University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: (217) 244-5870 Fax: (217) 333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund WWW: http://www.w3.org/wai/ua
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