Thread Subject: Re: Additional issues with closed,self-contained products

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From: Rex Lint
Date: Tue, Nov 14 2006 11:25 AM

"Or rather, in their "closed state" they meet all the closed product
guidelines." {Gregg Vanderheiden]

...And they might NOT meet the provisions for computer operating
system/applications nor allow conformant web pages to be accessible.

Perhaps we draft an observation that policy can affect accessibility as much
as technical provisions do, and that policy should be adjusted to allow for
addition of AT. Where to put it? Probably in the standard somewhere...

Rex

Rex Lint, Consultant
Chair, Section 508 Working Group
Information Technology Association of America
PH: 603-860-7651, FAX: 603-882-6612


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From: Gregg Vanderheiden [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ]
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Subject: RE: [teitac-closed] Additional issues with closed,self-contained
products

This is a good discussion.

In Diane's example, the computers are closed by policy. So some of them
have AT installed on them (built into them before they are closed). Thus
they would meet 'closed system' access requirements because they met the
built in accessibility (by added AT) before they were closed. Or rather, in
their "closed state" they meet all the closed product guidelines.


Gregg
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Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.

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