Re: Guidelines for web access for people who are sign langauge users

  Hello Lucy,

For discussion of WCAG's suggestions for sign language, see:
http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/media-equiv-sign.html

WCAG is introduced at:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag

Regards,
~Shawn


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Shawn Lawton Henry
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
e-mail: shawn@w3.org
phone: +1.617.395.7664
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On 10/26/2011 5:52 AM, Franklin, Lucy wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I’ve just been having a look at your website which offers guidelines for making the web accessible for people with disabilities. I work with people who are deaf and whose first language is sign language. While this group might not refer to themselves as ‘disabled’ they are certainly a minority group in terms of their language and communication and often find accessing important public information problematic unless it is interpreted into sign. I wonder if your guidelines include the suggestion of including video clips in sign language on web sites? I would be really interested to hear your thoughts on this.
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> Regards,
>
> Lucy
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