- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 19:02:35 -0400
- To: "Hansen, Eric" <ehansen@ets.org>
- CC: "'w3c-wai-ua@w3.org'" <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
"Hansen, Eric" wrote: > > To: UA List > From: Eric Hansen > Re: Checkpoints 7.5, 2.5, 2.6, 1.5, 3.8 > > This memo concerns Ian's memo [2] (Re: Proposal for 7.5 [Was Re: Issue with > checkpoint 7.5 (search) and serial...) and relates to other memos. > > ==== > > Suggestion 2: Refine checkpoint 7.5. > > As for your revised wording for checkpoint 7.5, it seems to be OK but might > bear some refinement. > > IJ: > > Proposal, based on Eric's text: > > > > <NEW BY IAN> > > 7.5 Allow the user to search through text that has been rendered. > > The search must encompass all text within the > > viewport, both inside and outside the point of regard. Allow the > > user to start a forward search from a location in content > > selected > > or focused by the user. After a match, allow searching from > > location of the match. Provide a case-insensitive search option > > when applicable to the natural language of text. [Priority 2] > > A further refinement might be to delimit this to visually-displayed text > since it is hard to see requiring this (as a minimum requirement) for > anything more. Thus (NEW by EH): "7.5 Allow the user to search through text > that has been rendered VISUALLY...." > > New: > > 7.5 Allow the user to search through text that has been rendered visually. > The search must encompass all text within the viewport, both inside and > outside the point of regard. Allow the user to start a forward search from a > location in content selected or focused by the user. After a match, allow > searching from location of the match. Provide a case-insensitive search > option when applicable to the natural language of text. [Priority 2]" > > Comment 1: > > I focus on visual rendering since we don't expect them to be able to search > an audio file. We don't expect users to search through audio files, only through text content (however that text content is rendered, which may be as speech). I don't think we need to limit the checkpoint to searching through a visual rendering. - Ian > Someone would need to use assistive technology if they needed > some kind text-to-speech output. -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 831 457-2842 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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