Thread Subject: Re: Cognitive - compatibility

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From: Slatin, John M
Date: Mon, Mar 05 2007 3:45 PM

Andi wrote:

<q>* Software for rendering or authoring text shall provide the
following features or support for ...</q>

Is there software for authoring text that doesn't also render text?

Is there some way we want to constrain what "render" means here?

John

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Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] Cognitive - compatibility



My action item from last week's meeting was to update the cognitive
proposal dealing with word lookup, spelling correction, and text to
address concerns raised on the mailing list and in the meeting.

* Software for rendering or authoring text shall provide the following
features or support for assistive technology that implements the
features:
** the ability to determine the definition of a word in the rendered
text
** the ability to read the rendered text outloud

* Software for authoring text shall provide the ability to check for
spelling errors and correct them or support for assistive technology
that implements the feature.

Comments?

Andi

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