- From: T. V. Raman <raman@Adobe.COM>
- Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 08:47:44 -0700
- To: Al Gilman <asgilman@access.digex.net>
- Cc: w3c-wai-wg@w3.org (WAI Working Group)
Al Gilman writes: > Two footnotes for this thread: > > Lloyd Rassmussen did a good job of introducing WebHeads to life > with Braille in a note on the lynx-dev mailing list, archived at > > http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month0597/msg00622.html > > The "content" and "presentation" of braille documents are not so > independent as in the visual-print realm. Braille is very The above is not a true statement. What is true is that the presentation of Braille cannot always be directly derived from the visual presentation of the content. But to say that Braille formatting is in some way different from visual > formatting in terms of separation of content from presentation is definitely incorrect. > physical; it must fit the fingertip. Disasters occur when a non-user > tries to do something without checking with a user, as seen in > the "monumental scale" braille in the new FDR memorial. A news > article about this can be found at Yes-- Braille formatting needs to take into account the needs of the finger tip just as much as visual formatting takes care of the needs of the eye. But the above is just to acknowledge that Braille formatting is different from and distinct from visual formatting for the eye-- it does not assert that Braille formatting requires formatting specific knowledge to get tangled up in the information content. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1997-05/20/122L-052097-idx.html > > -- > Al Gilman -- Best Regards, --raman Adobe Systems Tel: 1 (408) 536 3945 (W14-129) Advanced Technology Group Fax: 1 (408) 537 4042 (W14 129) 345 Park Avenue Email: raman@adobe.com San Jose , CA 95110 -2704 Email: raman@cs.cornell.edu http://labrador.corp.adobe.com/~raman/raman.html (Adobe Internal) http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/raman/raman.html (Cornell) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: The opinions expressed are my own and in no way should be taken as representative of my employer, Adobe Systems Inc. ____________________________________________________________
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